1160 — “He would recite in the noon and afternoon prayers: ‘Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,’ and, ‘Has the account of the Overwhelming Event reached you?’”

Al-Bazzar recorded it in his Musnad (61—its supplementary material), through Muhammad ibn Ma‘mar, from Ruh ibn ‘Ubadah, from Hammad ibn Salamah, from Thabit and Qatadah, from Humayd, from Anas, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, ... He said: “Authentic.”

I say: Its chain is authentic according to the criteria of al-Bukhari and Muslim, except for Hammad ibn Salamah, who meets Muslim’s criteria alone. However, it is singular through Thabit from Humayd, so perhaps the original wording was: “and Humayd.” Allah knows best.

1161 — “Indeed, this religion is ease. No one makes this religion overly rigorous except that it overwhelms him. So be upright, draw near, give glad tidings, and seek help in the morning, the afternoon, and part of the night.”

It was recorded by al-Bukhari (1/78–79), al-Nasa’i (2/273), and al-Bayhaqi (3/18), on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, attributed to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. Al-Nasa’i said: “Give glad tidings and make things easy.”

1162 — “I am only a human being, and you bring your disputes to me. Perhaps one of you is more eloquent than another in presenting his argument, so I judge according to what I hear from him. Therefore, if I rule that someone is entitled to anything that rightfully belongs to his brother, he must not take any of it, for I am only assigning him a portion of the Fire.”

It was recorded by al-Bukhari (3/162; 8/62 and 112), Malik (2/197), and Abu Dawud (2/115), through Hisham ibn ‘Urwah, from ‘Urwah, from Zaynab bint Umm Salamah, from Umm Salamah, attributed to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.

It has also been narrated from Hisham with the wording: “You bring your disputes to me.” This has preceded under no. (455). Al-Zuhri also corroborated him with the wording: