under no. 1470; thus it is good by virtue of it. You will find further supporting narrations mentioned there, so consult them if you wish.

Al-Tabarani then narrated it (8082) by way of al-ʿAlaʾ ibn Sulayman al-Raqqi, from al-Khalil ibn Murrah, from Abu Ghalib, from Abu Umamah, attributed to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, with the wording: “Do not act unjustly when dividing your inheritances; treat people as fairly as you treat yourselves; do not lose courage when fighting your enemy; do not misappropriate your spoils of war; and protect the oppressed among you from the oppressor among you.”

I say: Al-ʿAlaʾ and his teacher, al-Khalil, are both weak. In Majmaʿ al-Zawaʾid (4/199), al-Haythami identified only the former as its defect, and thus fell short.

1526 — “He would recite a healing supplication, saying: ‘Wipe away the affliction, Lord of mankind. In Your hand is the cure; none removes distress but You.’”

Imam Ahmad recorded it (6/50): “[He] narrated to us from Hisham, who said: My father narrated to me from ʿAʾishah that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to...”

I say: This chain of transmission is authentic according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs. Al-Bukhari (4/63) and Muslim (7/16) also recorded it through other routes from Hisham with the same chain, except that both said: “None can remove it but You.”

Al-Kharaʾiṭi also recorded it in Makarim al-Akhlaq (p. 89): “ʿAmr ibn Shabbah ibn ʿUbaydah al-Numayri narrated to us; Yahya ibn Saʿid narrated to us,” in an abridged form with the wording: “Remove the affliction, Lord of mankind; none but You removes distress.”

I say: This chain is also authentic. It has a supporting narration from Rafiʿ ibn Khadij, who said: “The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, entered upon a son of ʿAmmar and said: ‘Remove the affliction, Lord of mankind, God of mankind.’”