as stated in al-Taqrīb; the remaining narrators are trustworthy narrators of Muslim. It was corroborated, for Aḥmad (5/369) related: “Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar related to us: Shuʿbah related to us from Abū Bishr, from ʿAbd Allāh—though the original reads ʿUbayd Allāh, which is a typographical error—ibn Shaqīq, from a man among the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, attributing it to the Prophet, with the wording: ‘Shall I not direct you?’”

The remainder is exactly the same, without the addition. This is an authentic chain of transmission according to Muslim’s criteria. The anonymity of the Companion does not impair it, especially since he was named in the first narration.

I say: This route demonstrates that the addition is rejected, since the weak narrator alone transmitted it and it has no corroboration.

933 — “Respond on my behalf. O Allah, support him with the Holy Spirit.”

Muslim (7/162–163), Abū Dāwūd (2/316), al-Ṭayālisī (p. 304, no. 2309), and Aḥmad (2/269 and 5/222) related it from al-Zuhrī, from Saʿīd, from Abū Hurayrah: “ʿUmar passed by Ḥassān while he was reciting poetry in the mosque, and he looked sternly at him. Ḥassān said: ‘I used to recite poetry in it while one better than you was present in it.’ Then he turned to Abū Hurayrah and said: ‘I adjure you by Allah: did you hear the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say’”—then he mentioned it. Abū Hurayrah replied: ‘O Allah, yes.’”

In one narration, Aḥmad added: “ʿUmar then left, knowing that he meant the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.”

Its chain of transmission is authentic. Al-Zuhrī has another chain for it with the wording: “O Ḥassān, respond ...”; it will come under no. 1954. It also has two corroborating reports: one from ʿĀʾishah, which will come under 1180, and the other from al-Barāʾ, which has already passed under 801.