(1/148), and Ahmad (5/74 and 75), through Abu al-Mulayḥ ibn Usāmah, from his father, who said: he then mentioned it. Al-Ḥākim said: “Its chain of transmission is authentic.” Al-Dhahabī concurred with him, and they are correct. Al-Ṭaḥāwī also narrated similar reports from ʿAlī, Ibn ʿUmar, and Muʿāwiyah.

Leopard-skin saddle pads: a maytharah is a stuffed cushion placed over a camel saddle beneath the rider.

1012 — “He prohibited fasting on Friday unless it is joined to days before or after it.”

Al-Ṭaḥāwī narrated it (1/339): Ibn Abī Dāwūd related to us: al-Qāsim ibn Sallām ibn Miskīn related to us: my father related to us: I asked al-Ḥasan about fasting on Friday, and he replied: “It is prohibited unless it is part of consecutive days.” He then said: Abū Rāfiʿ related to me from Abū Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah said this. Its chain of transmission is authentic; all its narrators are reliable.

It has other routes as well. Aḥmad narrated it (2/407) through Qatādah, who said: One of our associates related to us from Abū Hurayrah something similar. Its narrators are reliable and are among the narrators of the Six Books, apart from the unnamed associate. He then narrated it (2/394) through Muḥammad ibn Sīrīn, from Abū Hurayrah, with the same meaning. Its chain is authentic.

He then narrated it (2/392) through Yūnus, who said: al-Mastūr—that is, Ibn ʿAbbād (1)—related to us: Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar al-Makhzūmī related to us: A man encountered Abū Hurayrah while he was circumambulating the House and asked, “Abū Hurayrah, did you forbid people from fasting on Friday?” He replied, “No, by the Lord of the Kaʿbah; rather, the Messenger of Allah prohibited it.” Its narrators are reliable apart from this al-Makhzūmī. Ibn Abī Ḥātim included his biography (3/2/221), but mentioned no criticism or accreditation concerning him. It appears that he was not a Tābiʿī; therefore, the chain is interrupted.