Abu Yahya Ismaʿil ibn Abi ʿAbd Allah ibn Hammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karim al-ʿAsqalani—during my public reading to him in the year 681 AH—together with Abu al-ʿAbbas ibn Shayban, al-Jammal Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr al-Hamawi, Abu al-Hasan ibn al-Bukhari, and ʿAli ibn Mahmud ibn Shihab, stated:
They said: Abu Hafs ʿUmar ibn Muhammad ibn Tabarzad al-Baghdadi—in a session where the book was read before him—told us; Hibat Allah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Shaybani told us; Abu Talib Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Ghaylan al-Bazzar told us; Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Ibrahim al-Shafiʿi told us; Abu al-Hasan ʿAli ibn al-Hasan ibn ʿAbdawiyh al-Jarrar narrated to us; ʿAbd Allah ibn Bakr al-Sahmi narrated to us; Humayd narrated from Anas, who said:
“The Messenger of Allah—may Allah send blessings and peace upon him—was travelling along a road accompanied by some of his Companions. A woman approached and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, I have a need to present to you.’ He replied, ‘Mother of so-and-so, sit at the nearest side of the street until I can come and sit with you.’ She did so, and he sat with her until she had fulfilled her need.”