For he—that is, al-Tara’ifi—died in 202 or 203 AH, so how could he have narrated from Tamim, who was among the fourth generation of the Successors according to Ibn Hajar in al-Taqrib? He said of him: “There is some weakness in him.”

I say: However, it is strengthened by a corroborating report with the wording: “He forbade the pecking of a crow, the sprawling of a beast of prey, and a man’s reserving his place in prayer as a camel settles in its place.” It was recorded by Imam Ahmad (5/446, 447) and al-Baghawi in Mukhtasar al-Mu‘jam (9/131/2), through ‘Uthman al-Batti, from ‘Abd al-Hamid ibn Salamah, from his father, tracing it back to the Prophet. Its narrators are trustworthy except for this ‘Abd al-Hamid, who is unknown, as stated in al-Taqrib. Thus, in my view, the hadith is good by virtue of its two chains combined. And Allah knows best.

Ibn Hibban also recorded it, as did Ibn Khuzaymah in their respective Sahih collections, as cited in al-Targhib (1/181).

1169 — “Whoever performs minor ablution and comes to the mosque is a visitor of Allah, Mighty and Majestic is He; and it is incumbent upon the one visited to honor the visitor.”

It was recorded by Abu al-Hasan ibn al-Salt in his Hadith from Abu Bakr al-Mutayri (folio 76/1). He said: Muhammad ibn Sinan ibn Yazid al-Qazzaz al-Basri narrated to us; ‘Umar ibn Habib al-Qadi narrated to us, from Dawud ibn Abi Hind and ‘Awf, both from Abu ‘Uthman, and from Sulayman al-Taymi, from Abu ‘Uthman, from Salman, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said—and he then mentioned it.

I say: The narrators in this chain are trustworthy except Muhammad ibn Sinan al-Qazzaz, who is weak, as stated in al-Taqrib. ‘Umar ibn Habib is likewise. Yet al-Mundhiri cited it in al-Targhib (1/130) with the wording: “Whoever performs minor ablution in his home and does it well, then comes to the mosque ...” He said: “Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Kabir through two chains of transmission, one of which is good.” Al-Haythami said in al-Majma‘ (2/31):