• The Shaykh declared it weak in Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 3943, authenticated it in the Sunan and in al-Ṣaḥīḥah 4/1922, and judged it good in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ 3868.

30/ Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to fast on Saturday and Sunday more than on the other days, and he would say, “They are the feast days of the polytheists, so I love to differ from them.”
• Weak (ḍaʿīf).
• Narrated by Aḥmad.
• The Shaykh graded it good in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ 4803 and in Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Khuzaymah 2168.
• He later ruled it weak in al-Ḍaʿīfah 3/1099, Ḍaʿīf al-Targhīb wa-l-Tarhīb 639, and Jilbāb al-Marʾah al-Muslimah, pp. 178–179.

31/ Ibn ʿAbbās (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would never omit fasting the three “white days” whether he was at home or on a journey.
• Narrated by al-Nasāʾī.
• Al-Albānī wrote in Ḍaʿīf al-Sunan: its chain is weak.
• He later stated in al-Ṣaḥīḥah 2/580: its chain is good, and he cited no route other than that of al-Nasāʾī.
• In Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ 4848 he graded it sound (ṣaḥīḥ) and attributed it to al-Ṭabarānī.
• His latest verdict, however, appears in Ḍaʿīf Sunan al-Nasāʾī, where he declared it weak.

32/ Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both) related that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) secluded himself for retreat (iʿtikāf), a bedding would be spread for him—or a couch placed—for him behind the Column of Repentance.
• Narrated by Ibn Mājah.
• The Shaykh deemed it weak in Ḍaʿīf Sunan Ibn Mājah and in Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Khuzaymah.
• In Risālat Qiyām Ramaḍān, p. 29, he remarked: “Its chain is close to ḥasan.”

33/ Al-ʿIrbāḍ ibn Sāriyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite the surahs beginning with “Glorifying” (al-musabbiḥāt) before going to sleep and would say, “Indeed, within them is a verse that is better than a thousand verses.”
• Weak (ḍaʿīf).
• The Shaykh graded it good in Ṣaḥīḥ Sunan al-Tirmidhī.
• He later declared it weak in Ḍaʿīf Sunan Abī Dāwūd and in Ḍaʿīf al-Targhīb wa-l-Tarhīb 344.

34/ Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “When you pass by the meadows of Paradise, graze therein.” They asked, “And what are the meadows of Paradise?” He replied, “Circles of remembrance.”
• Good by corroboration (ḥasan li-ghayrih).
• The Shaykh had first judged it weak in Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ, then later graded it good in Ṣaḥīḥ Sunan al-Tirmidhī.
• In Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb wa-l-Tarhīb 1511 he also rated it good by corroboration; see as well al-Ṣaḥīḥah 6/130.

35/ ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) declared: “Whoever sees a person afflicted and says, ‘Praise be to Allah who has spared me from that with which He has tried you, and has favored me above much of His creation,’ will remain safe from that affliction, whatever it may be, for as long as he lives.”
• Good (ḥasan).
• The Shaykh labeled it weak in Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 5589.
• He later graded it good in Ṣaḥīḥ Sunan al-Tirmidhī.

36/ Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) bade farewell to a man, he would take hold of his hand and would not release it until the man himself let go of the Prophet’s hand.
• Sound (ṣaḥīḥ).
• The Shaykh had first weakened it in his commentary on al-Kalim al-Ṭayyib no. 170, then authenticated it in Ṣaḥīḥ Sunan al-Tirmidhī and Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ 4795.

37/ Abū Mālik al-Ashʿarī (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “When a man enters his house, let him say: ‘O Allah, I ask You for the goodness of entry and the goodness of exit. In the name of Allah we have entered, in the name of Allah we have gone out, and upon Allah, our Lord, we place our trust,’ and then let him greet his family with peace.”
• Narrated by Abū Dāwūd.
• Al-Albānī authenticated it in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ 839.
• He later ruled it weak in the second verification of al-Kalim al-Ṭayyib p. 62 and in Ḍaʿīf Sunan Abī Dāwūd.

38/ ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakrah said to his father: “Father, I hear you pray every morning, ‘O Allah, grant me well-being in my body; O Allah, grant me well-being in my hearing; O Allah, grant me well-being in my sight. There is no god but You,’ repeating it three times in the morning and three times in the evening.” He replied, “I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) make that supplication, so I love to follow his sunnah.” ʿAbbās added: “And you say, ‘O Allah, I seek refuge in You from disbelief and poverty. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave. There is no god but You,’ repeating it three times in the morning and three times in the evening.”
• Good (ḥasan).
• The Shaykh deemed it weak in Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 1210.
• He later stated in Ṣaḥīḥ Sunan Abī Dāwūd that its chain is good.
• In Ṣaḥīḥ al-Adab al-Mufrad 542 he graded it good.

39/ Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated: A man stood and asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), “Who counts as a pilgrim, O Messenger of Allah?” He replied, “The one who is disheveled and dusty.” Another man stood and asked, “Which pilgrimage is best, O Messenger of Allah?” He said, “The loud cries of talbiyah and the plentiful shedding of blood (for sacrifice).” A third man asked, “What is the means (to Ḥajj), O Messenger of Allah?” He answered, “Provision and a mount.”
• Good by corroboration (ḥasan li-ghayrih).
• The Shaykh had first classed it weak in Ḍaʿīf al-Sunan and in Ḍaʿīf al-Targhīb 715.
• He later ruled it good by corroboration in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb 1131.

40/ ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: We asked, “O Messenger of Allah, shall we not build a shelter for you to shade you at Minā?” He replied, “No. Minā is the resting place of whoever arrives there first.”
• Weak (ḍaʿīf).
• The Shaykh graded it good in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ 6620 and in Iṣlāḥ al-Masājid, p. 202.
• He later regarded it as weak in Ḍaʿīf Sunan al-Tirmidhī and Ibn Mājah.

41/ Al-Muṭṭalib ibn Abī Wadāʿah said: Al-ʿAbbās came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and it was as though he had heard something. The Prophet ascended the pulpit and said, “Who am I?” They replied, “You are the Messenger of Allah; peace be upon you.” He said, “I am Muḥammad son of ʿAbd Allah son of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib. Allah created creation, placed me in the best of them as a group; then He divided them into two groups and placed me in the better of the two; then He made them into clans and placed me in the best clan; then He made them into households and placed me in the best household and with the best lineage.”
• Weak (ḍaʿīf); narrated by al-Tirmidhī.
• The Shaykh had authenticated it in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ 1472, then later judged it weak in Ḍaʿīf Sunan al-Tirmidhī and in al-Ḍaʿīfah 3073.