al-Baṣrī, one of the leading scholars. Maʿmar also corroborated him, narrating from Ibn al-Munkadir, from Abū Hurayrah, in similar terms, except that he attributed it to the Companion. Al-Baghawī recorded it in Explanation of the Sunnah (3/400, Maktab al-Islāmī manuscript).

I say: In my view, the narration of ʿAbd al-Wārith is the soundest of the reports, for besides being trustworthy and highly precise, as stated in al-Taqrīb, he was corroborated by Sufyān—namely Ibn ʿUyaynah—in attributing it to the Prophet. He was also corroborated by Maʿmar—namely Ibn Rāshid—who omitted the unnamed man from its chain of transmission. It is known that Ibn al-Munkadir heard from Abū Hurayrah; thus the chain is connected and the hadith is established. Praise be to Allah, by whose grace good deeds are brought to completion.

838 — “He forbade sitting between direct sunlight and shade, saying: ‘It is Satan’s seat.’”

Aḥmad (3/413) recorded it: Bahz and ʿAffān narrated to us; they said: Hammām narrated to us. In his version, ʿAffān said: Qatādah narrated to us, from Kathīr, from Abū ʿIyāḍ, from a man among the Prophet’s Companions, peace and blessings be upon him, that he forbade ...

I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission. Its narrators are trustworthy men of the two Shaykhs, except Kathīr, who is Kathīr ibn Abī Kathīr al-Baṣrī, as al-ʿIjlī and Ibn Ḥibbān stated; a number of trustworthy narrators reported from him.

Abū ʿIyāḍ’s name was ʿAmr ibn al-Aswad al-ʿAnsī. ʿAbd Allāh ibn Rajāʾ also corroborated both of them, saying: Hammām narrated to us likewise, except that he named the Companion as Abū Hurayrah. Al-Ḥākim recorded it (4/271) and said: “Its chain of transmission is authentic.” Al-Dhahabī agreed with him.

I say: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Rajāʾ was al-Ghudānī, truthful but subject to slight error, as al-Ḥāfiẓ stated. I fear that he erred in naming the Companion as Abū Hurayrah, since he contradicts Aḥmad’s two shaykhs: Bahz