226 – “Whoever from my community invokes one sincere blessing upon me … ten of his sins will be wiped away.”
Reported by Saʿīd ibn Manṣūr, al-Ṭabarānī, and al-Bazzār on the authority of Abū Burdah.
Weak: al-Silsilah al-Ḍaʿīfah (5141).
Later graded sound: al-Silsilah al-Ṣaḥīḥah (3360).
227 – “Whoever performs the prayer for Allah for forty days … receives a guarantee of innocence from hypocrisy.”
Reported by al-Tirmidhī on the authority of Anas.
Chain weak: Takhrīj al-Mishkāt (1144).
Later graded fair: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ (6365).
228 – “Whoever proclaims, ‘There is no god but Allah’ … will earn the reward of freeing ten believing slaves.”
Reported by al-Tirmidhī on the authority of ʿAmmār ibn Shabīb.
Weak: Daʿīf al-Jāmiʿ (5739).
Later graded sound: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb wa-l-Tarhīb (473/2).