254 – “Allah continues to be attentive to the servant while he is in prayer … until he turns away.”

Narrated by Abū Dāwūd, al-Bayhaqī, and al-Nasāʾī on the authority of Abū Dharr.
Weak: Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ (6345).
Later graded fair: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb wa’l-Tarhīb (554).

255 – “No one shelters a stray animal except one who is himself astray.”

Narrated by Aḥmad, Abū Dāwūd, and Ibn Mājah on the authority of Jarīr.
Weak: Irwāʾ al-Ghalīl (1563).
Later graded sound: Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Mājah (2046).

256 – “O people! Every household is required each year to offer an ʿuḍḥiyah (the Eid sacrifice) and an ʿatīrah … the ʿatīrah is what the people call the rajībah.”

Narrated by Aḥmad, al-Tirmidhī, Abū Dāwūd, al-Nasāʾī, and Ibn Mājah on the authority of Mukhnaf ibn Sulaym.
Weak: Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ (6383, 1173).
Later graded sound: Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Mājah (2550, 3184).