In Taḥrīm Ālāt al-Ṭarab, p. 123, the Shaykh likewise ruled it weak in Ḍaʿīf al-Adab, nos. 55–342, adding, “At the time I had not yet seen the corroborating report of al-Zuhrī for Ibn Jadʿān. Transcendent is He whose knowledge embraces all things; the only one kept from error is he whom Allah protects.”

(19) “When you become suspicious, do not investigate; when you envy, do not overstep; when you take a bad omen, go on your way and put your trust in Allah; and when you weigh, give extra.” Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 588; Ghāyat al-Marām 302 and 418; later authenticated in al-Ṣaḥīḥah 3942.

(20) “Fear Allah and deal justly with your children, just as you love them to show you dutifulness.” Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 121; authenticated in al-Ṣaḥīḥah 3946.

(21) “I was only sent as a teacher.” al-Ḍaʿīfah 11; authenticated in al-Ṣaḥīḥah 3593. The Shaykh—may Allah have mercy on him—remarked at the close of his verification: “The sentence found at the end of the hadith, ‘Rather, I have been sent as a lenient teacher,’ provides a sound support for the narration of Ibn ʿUmar worded, ‘I was only sent as a teacher,’ which I had earlier placed in al-Ḍaʿīfah, no. 11.”

(22) “If one of you is praying and loses wudūʾ, let him hold his nose and depart.” Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 566. The Shaykh said it is in al-Ḍaʿīfah 2576, yet I did not find it there. He later authenticated it in al-Ṣaḥīḥah 2976.

(23) “The collector of unlawful tax is in the Fire.” Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 1871; al-Targhīb 1/279; authenticated in al-Ṣaḥīḥah 3405.

(24) “Had even the amount that fits beneath a fingernail of what is in Paradise been unveiled, the space between the horizons of the heavens and the earth would have been adorned; and if a man from the people of Paradise were to look out so that his bracelets became visible, his light would blot out the light of the sun just as the sun blots out the light of the stars.” Mishkāt 5637; Hidāyat al-Ruāt 5563. Al-Tirmidhī recorded it and said, “This hadith is gharīb,” meaning weak, and the Shaykh concurred; he later authenticated it in al-Ṣaḥīḥah 3396.

(25) “When we reached Jerusalem on the night I was taken on the Night Journey, Gabriel struck the stone with his finger, split it, and tethered al-Burāq to it.” Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 4768; Mishkāt 5864; authenticated in al-Ṣaḥīḥah 3487.

(26) “Public bathhouses are forbidden for the women of my community.” Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb (Dār al-Maʿārif) no. 165; al-Ṣaḥīḥah 3439. The Shaykh wrote there: “I refrained for a time from authenticating this ḥadith—from the day I began classifying al-Targhīb into ‘Ṣaḥīḥ’ and ‘Ḍaʿīf’—and because of several reasons the first three printings omitted it. I have therefore removed it from Ḍaʿīf al-Targhīb and transferred it to the provisional draft of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb.”

(27) “Two sects of my nation will neither reach the Pond nor enter Paradise: the Qadariyyah and the Murjiʾah.” Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 3497; al-Ḍaʿīfah 3785; authenticated in al-Ṣaḥīḥah 2748.

(28) “Gabriel came to me wearing green robes studded with pearls.” Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 80; authenticated in al-Ṣaḥīḥah 3485.

(29) “You will behold your Lord with your very eyes.” Ẓilāl al-Jannah 461. Al-Bukhārī and others recorded it. The Shaykh had first judged the word ‘with your very eyes’ (ʿiyānan) to be rejected or at least anomalous. In al-Ṣaḥīḥah 3056 he quoted the narration: “What has diverted your gaze from me?” They said, “We were looking at the moon.” He replied, “How will it be when you see Allah openly?” He then said, “This is a strong corroboration for the ḥadith, ‘Indeed, you will behold your Lord with your very eyes.’ I once deemed it anomalous, but I now retract that view on account of this powerful support.”

(30) “A migration will follow another migration. The best people on earth will be those who keep to the land of Abraham’s migration, while the worst will remain in their own territories—the earth will cast them out, Allah will loathe them, and the Fire will gather them together with the apes and the swine.” Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 3259; al-Ḍaʿīfah 3697; authenticated in al-Ṣaḥīḥah 3203.

(31) “Two men must not go out together to relieve themselves, exposing their private parts and talking, for Allah detests that.” Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 6336; Mishkāt 356; Ḍaʿīf Abī Dāwūd 4/15 (Dār al-Maʿārif). The report appears in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb (Dār al-Maʿārif) pp. 155–156 and in al-Ṣaḥīḥah 3120 with the wording: “If two men defecate, let each screen himself from the other and not converse while doing so, for Allah detests that.”

(32) “When one of you slaughters, let him dispatch the animal quickly.” Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 494; Ghāyat al-Marām 39; recorded by Ibn Mājah and others; authenticated in al-Ṣaḥīḥah 3130 and Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb 1076.

(33) “May Allah hit the mark through you, O son of al-Khaṭṭāb.” Ḍaʿīf Abī Dāwūd (Dār al-Maʿārif) 10/215 (no. 1007); Mishkāt 972; authenticated in al-Ṣaḥīḥah 3173; see also al-Ṣaḥīḥah 2549.

(34) “Our Lord laughs at the despair of His servants and how near relief is.” Abū Razīn said, “Messenger of Allah, does our Lord laugh?” He replied, “Yes.” He said, “We shall never lack good from a Lord who laughs.” al-Sunnah by Ibn Abī ʿĀṣim 554; authenticated in al-Ṣaḥīḥah 2810.

(35) “Indeed I see what you do not see and hear what you do not hear. The heaven has groaned—and it is entitled to groan—for there is no space as wide as four fingers except that an angel is standing there with his forehead prostrated to Allah. By Allah, if you knew what I know you would laugh little and weep much; you would take no pleasure in women upon your beds and would rush out to the high places crying out to Allah.” al-Ḍaʿīfah 1780; see al-Ṣaḥīḥah 1722, the book al-Naṣīḥah pp. 244–246, and al-Ṣaḥīḥah 852, 1060, and 3194.