“If one is uncertain in his prayer whether it is three or four, let him complete it, for adding is better than omitting.” Al-Hakim said: “This is an explanatory hadith with an authentic chain of transmission.”

I say: Its chain is good were it not for Makhul’s ambiguous use of the transmission formula ‘from.’ However, he was not alone in narrating it: Isma'il ibn Muslim al-Makki narrated it, in abridged form, from al-Zuhri, from Ubayd Allah ibn Abd Allah, from Ibn Abbas. It was recorded by al-Tahawi, Ahmad (1/195), and al-Bayhaqi. Al-Bayhaqi then cited a strong corroborating report for it through Ja'far, who said: Sa'id—that is, Ibn Abi Arubah—informed us, from Qatadah, from Anas, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: “If one of you doubts in his prayer and does not know whether he has prayed two or three, let him discard the doubt and build upon certainty.” He said: “This Ja'far is Ibn Awn.”

I say: He is trustworthy and among the narrators of both al-Bukhari and Muslim, as are those above him; therefore, the chain is authentic.

1357 — “When you travel through fertile land, give the animals their due—or their share. When you travel through barren land, then move swiftly upon them. Travel by night, for the earth is folded up at night. And when you stop to rest at night, do not stop on the roadway, for it is the abode of every animal.”

It was recorded by al-Bazzar (p. 113, Zawa'id section) and al-Bayhaqi (5/256), in abridged form, through Abu Ja'far al-Razi, from al-Rabi' ibn Anas, from Anas, who related that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said it. He said: “We do not know it from Anas in this complete form except through this route; although some of it has been narrated from al-Zuhri, from him.”