47 – “Let each of you ask his Lord for every one of his needs …”
Reported by al-Tirmidhī and al-Ḥākim on the authority of Anas.
Sound (ḥasan): Takhrīj al-Mishkāh (2251).
Later ruled weak: al-Silsilah al-Ḍaʿīfah (1362).
48 – “Let each of you utter the istirjāʿ formula—‘Indeed we belong to Allah and to Him we return’—in every situation …”
Recorded by Ibn al-Sunnī in ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah on the authority of Abū Hurayrah.
Authentic: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ (5448).
Later ruled weak: Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ (4949).
49 – “Ibn Umm Maktūm came forward—though he was blind … even if he had to crawl on his hands and knees.”
Related by al-Ṭabarānī in al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr on the authority of Abū Umāmah.
Sound (ḥasan): Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tirmidhī, 2nd edition (430).
Later deemed munkar: Ḍaʿīf al-Targhīb wa-l-Tarhīb (234-5, Maʿārif edition).