others, it will reach their knees; others, their loins; and others will be bridled by it.”

Muslim (2864), al-Tirmidhī (2423), and Aḥmad (6/3) recorded it through ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yazīd ibn Jābir, who said: Sulaym ibn ʿĀmir related to me; al-Miqdād, the Companion of the Messenger of Allah, related to us, saying: “I heard the Messenger of Allah say…” and he mentioned it. At its end, he added: “I saw the Messenger of Allah gesture with his hand towards his mouth,” meaning that it would bridle him completely. The wording is al-Tirmidhī’s, and he said: “A good and authentic hadith.” It also has a corroborating report from ʿUqbah ibn ʿĀmir, attributed to the Prophet, with similar wording. Ibn Ḥibbān (2538) and al-Ḥākim (4/571) recorded it. Al-Ḥākim said: “Its chain of transmission is authentic,” and al-Dhahabī agreed with him. It is as they said.

1383 — “Conquests will be opened to you, you will be granted victory, and you will acquire spoils. Whoever among you lives to see that must fear Allah, command what is right, forbid what is wrong, and maintain ties of kinship. Whoever deliberately lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire. The one who aids his people in falsehood is like a camel that falls into a well and is hauled out by its tail.”

Aḥmad (1/401) recorded it: ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿAmr and Muʾammal both related to us, saying: Sufyān related to us from Simāk, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, from ʿAbd Allāh, who said: “I came upon the Prophet while he was in a red tent”—ʿAbd al-Malik said: “made of tanned hide”—“with about forty men, and he said…” Then he mentioned it. Abū Dāwūd likewise recorded it in his Sunan (2/624–625, al-Ḥalabī edition): Ibn Bashshār related to us; Abū ʿĀmir related to us; Sufyān related it with this chain, up to the words, “made of tanned hide.” He said: