Note: Al-Manāwī said: “The command in the hadith is for guidance, because putting them on while seated is easier and more manageable. From this, al-Ṭībī and others inferred that the prohibition applies specifically to footwear that is difficult to put on while standing, such as the tāsūmah and the khuff, but not wooden clogs or the sarmūzah.” And Allah, Most High, knows best the wisdom behind His legislation and His prohibitions.

720 — “He would often oil his head and comb his beard with water.”

Ibn al-Aʿrābī narrated it in al-Muʿjam (59/1): Muḥammad—that is, Ibn Hārūn—narrated to us; Muslim ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to us; Mubashshir ibn Mukassir narrated to us, from Abū Ḥāzim, from Sahl ibn Saʿd, attributing it to the Prophet.

I say: This is a good chain of transmission. Its narrators are trustworthy, apart from Muḥammad ibn Hārūn, who was Ibn ʿĪsā, Abū Bakr al-Azdī al-Razzāz. Al-Khaṭīb included his biography (3/354) and said: “Abū al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿUqdah narrated from him, and … and … sound hadiths. Al-Dāraquṭnī said: ‘He is not strong.’”

As for Mubashshir ibn Mukassir, Ibn Maʿīn said: “Somewhat acceptable.” Ibn Abī Ḥātim reported from his father: “There is no harm in him.” The rest of its narrators are among those relied upon by the two Shaykhs.

In al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr, the hadith is attributed to al-Bayhaqī in Shuʿab al-Īmān, on the authority of Sahl ibn Saʿd. Al-Manāwī said: “Likewise, al-Tirmidhī narrated it in al-Shamāʾil.”

I say: This is an error. It is not found in al-Shamāʾil as a hadith of Sahl; rather, it is from Anas ibn Mālik, as I documented in my notes on al-Mishkāt (4445), where I explained that its chain of transmission is weak,