that could be given any scholarly weight. This shows that the hadith is authentic according to the standards of al-Bukhari and Muslim, as al-Hakim stated and al-Dhahabi concurred. However, if the hadith were narrated by Shuʿayb from Ibn Abi al-Husayn, from Anas, it would be defective due to a break in its chain, for Ibn Abi al-Husayn—whose name was ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman—is not known to have narrated from any of the Companions other than Abu al-Tufayl ʿAmir ibn Wathilah. And Allah knows best.

The hadith also has another route, but it is very weak: Musa ibn ʿUbaydah narrated it from Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Abi ʿAyyash al-Zuraqi, from Anas ibn Malik, from Umm Salamah, attributed to the Prophet. Ibn ʿAdi (2/423) and Ibn Abi ʿAsim also narrated it, though in Ibn Abi ʿAsim’s version, “Saʿid ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman” appears in place of “Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Abi ʿAyyash al-Zuraqi.” Musa ibn ʿUbaydah is weak and cannot be cited as evidence.

1441 — “Raise your lower garment and fear Allah.”

Ahmad (4/390) narrated it: Sufyan ibn ʿUyaynah reported to us from Ibrahim ibn Maysarah, from ʿAmr ibn al-Sharid, from his father—or from Yaʿqub ibn ʿAsim—that he heard al-Sharid say: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a man dragging his lower garment, so he hastened—or jogged—toward him and said”—and he mentioned the hadith. The man said, “I am knock-kneed; my knees strike together.” He replied: “Raise your lower garment, for all that Allah has created is beautiful.” Thereafter, that man was seen only with his lower garment reaching halfway down his calves, or nearly so.

I say: Its chain of transmission is authentic; all its narrators are trustworthy. It meets the standards of al-Bukhari and Muslim if it is from ʿAmr, and the standards of Muslim if it is from Yaʿqub. The former is more likely, for Zakariyya ibn Ishaq corroborated it, reporting: Ibrahim ibn Maysarah told us that he heard ʿAmr ibn al-Sharid narrate it, but without the words, “and fear Allah.” Ahmad also narrated it, as did al-Tahawi in Problematic Reports (2/287) and al-Jazuli in Unfamiliar Expressions in Hadith (2/57/5).