86 – An imam whose kunyah was Abū Ramthah once led us in prayer … “May Allah bring benefit through you, O son of al-Khattāb.”

Narrated by Abū Dāwūd from al-Azraq ibn Qays.
Weak: Takhrīj al-Mishkāt 972. Later graded sound: al-Silsilah al-Ṣaḥīḥah 2945.

87 – I have been granted what no prophet before me was granted … the finest of nations.

Reported by al-Bayhaqī from ʿAlī.
Weak: Irwāʾ al-Ghalīl (under 285). Later graded sound: al-Silsilah al-Ṣaḥīḥah 3939.

88 – Spread the greeting of peace and offer food … these acts erase sins.

Narrated by al-Ṭabarānī in al-Kabīr from Abū Umāmah.
Weak: Ḍaʿīf al-Jāmiʿ 993. Later graded sound: al-Silsilah al-Ṣaḥīḥah 3559.