146 – “Three matters—whether stated in earnest or in jest—are binding: marriage, divorce, and taking one’s wife back.”
Narrated by al-Tirmidhī and Abū Dāwūd, from Abū Hurayrah.
Weak: Takhrīj al-Mishkāt 3284 (the report is supported by corroborating narrations).
Later graded sound (ḥasan): Irwāʾ al-Ghalīl 1826.
147 – “Three supplications are answered … the parent against his child.”
Narrated by Abū Dāwūd and Ibn Mājah, from Abū Hurayrah.
Weak: al-Kalim al-Ṭayyib 116.
Later graded authentic: al-Silsilah al-Ṣaḥīḥah 596.
148 – “Three types of people are not approached by the angels: the corpse of a disbeliever … and a person in a state of major ritual impurity until he performs ablution.”
Narrated by Abū Dāwūd, from ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir.
Weak: Takhrīj al-Mishkāt 464.
Later graded authentic: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb wa’l-Tarhīb 173.