241 – ʿĀʾishah reported: A cloak of hers was stolen, so she began to supplicate … “Do not lessen it for him,” that is, do not lighten his burden.

Narrated by Abū Dāwūd and Aḥmad on the authority of ʿĀʾishah.
Weak: Ḍaʿīf Abī Dāwūd (1497), al-Maʿārif edition.
Later graded sound: Ṣaḥīḥ Abī Dāwūd, “al-Kitāb al-Kabīr” (1343/M), Gharas edition.

242 – “Do not curse the wind. When you see something in it that you dislike … seek refuge with Allah from the evil of what it has been commanded with.”

Narrated by al-Tirmidhī and al-Nasāʾī on the authority of Ubayy ibn Kaʿb.
Weak: Takhrīj al-Mishkāt (1518).
Later graded sound: al-Silsilah al-Ṣaḥīḥah (2756).

243 – “Do not be harsh upon yourselves, lest Allah be harsh upon you … We did not prescribe it for them.”

Narrated by Abū Dāwūd on the authority of Anas.
Weak: al-Silsilah al-Ḍaʿīfah (3468).
Later graded sound: al-Silsilah al-Ṣaḥīḥah (3124).