we are from?” He said: “To Allah and to the Messenger.” We said: “O Messenger of Allah, we have grapes; what should we do with them?” He said: “Make them into raisins.” We said: “What should we do with the raisins?” He then repeated the foregoing.

I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission; all its narrators are trustworthy.

Al-shinān is the plural of shannah: a small, worn waterskin in which water remains cooler than in other vessels. Al-qulal is the plural of qulla: an earthenware jar.

1574 — “You are one freed by Allah from the Fire,” he said to Abū Bakr.

Al-Tirmidhī (2/292) and al-Ṭabarānī, in al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr (no. 9), recorded it through two routes from Isḥāq ibn Yaḥyā ibn Ṭalḥah, from his uncle Isḥāq ibn Ṭalḥah, from ʿĀʾishah: “Abū Bakr entered upon the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said …” He then cited it. Thus, on that day, he was called ʿAtīq (the Freed One). Al-Tirmidhī said: “This is a singular hadith.”

I say: Its hidden defect is Isḥāq ibn Yaḥyā ibn Ṭalḥah, for he is weak, and there is disagreement concerning his chain of transmission. Those two whom we have mentioned narrated it in this manner, whereas ʿAbd Allāh ibn Wahb differed from them, saying: “Isḥāq ibn Yaḥyā informed me, from ʿĪsā ibn Ṭalḥah ibn ʿUbayd Allāh, who said: ‘I entered upon ʿĀʾishah …’” and then cited the hadith.

Al-Ḥākim recorded it (3/376) and said: “Authentic according to the criteria of Muslim!” Al-Dhahabī indicated his rejection of this statement by saying: “That is what he said!” Its invalidity is evident, for Isḥāq ibn Yaḥyā, besides being weak, was not among Muslim’s narrators. It also has another route: Ṣāliḥ ibn Mūsā al-Ṭalḥī narrated it from Muʿāwiyah ibn Isḥāq, from