296 – When he entered the mosque he would say, “[In the name of Allah.] O Allah, bless Muhammad and the wives of Muhammad.”

Reported by Ibn al-Sunnī, from Anas.

First ruling: weak — Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ (4394).
Final ruling: sound, excluding what is between the brackets — Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ (4716).

297 – He used to wash his backside [three times].

Reported by Ibn Mājah, from ʿĀʾishah.

First ruling: very weak — al-Ḍaʿīfa (4283).
Final ruling: sound, excluding what is between the brackets — Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ (4993).

298 – Whoever goes to bed in a state of purity, remembering Allah Most High [until sleep overcomes him], will not turn over during any part of the night and ask Allah for something of the good of this world or the Hereafter without Allah granting it to him.

Reported by al-Tirmidhī, from Abū Umāmah.

First ruling: weak — Ḍaʿīf al-Tirmidhī (3526).
Final ruling: sound, excluding what is between the brackets — Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kalim al-Ṭayyib (36); the Shaykh had earlier graded the complete wording as ḥasan in al-Kalim al-Ṭayyib (43), third edition.