1265 — “If one of you expectorates in the mosque, let him conceal it, lest it fall upon a believer’s skin or clothing and cause him harm.”

Ahmad (1/179), Ibn Abi Shaybah (2/80/2), Ibn Khuzaymah in his Sahih (1/141/2), Abu Ya‘la (p. 230), and al-Diya’ in al-Mukhtarah (1/331) narrated it through Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Abdullah ibn Muhammad, from Amir ibn Sa‘d ibn Abi Waqqas, from his father Sa‘d, who attributed it to the Prophet.

I say: This is a good chain of transmission; its narrators are reliable. The only concern regarding Ibn Ishaq is his concealment in transmission, but he explicitly stated that he heard it directly in the versions of Ahmad, Abu Ya‘la, and al-Diya’.

1266 — “When one of you makes a wish, let him ask abundantly, for he is asking his Lord, Mighty and Majestic.”

Abd ibn Humayd narrated it in al-Muntakhab min al-Musnad (folio 193/1, office copy): Ubayd Allah ibn Musa informed us, from Sufyan, from Hisham ibn Urwah, from his father, from Aishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said it.

I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission according to the criteria of the two Sahih compilers. Al-Suyuti attributed the hadith to al-Tabarani’s al-Awsat. Al-Manawi said: “He marked it as good, but this is an inadequacy—or a lapse in judgment. It should properly have been marked authentic, for al-Hafiz, al-Haythami, and others said: ‘Its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.’”

I say: This statement does not necessarily establish the authenticity of the chain of transmission, since it may contain a hidden defect that prevents its authenticity, such as a break in the chain, concealment in transmission, or the like—as is well known to those versed in this noble discipline. As for this chain of Ibn Humayd, we know of no defect in it. Ubayd Allah ibn Musa was also corroborated in reporting it from Sufyan in similar wording, as will follow in 1325.