and ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Amr, ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Amir, ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Umar, Jabir ibn ‘Abd Allah, and Abu Hurayrah.

1. As for the hadith of Ibn Mas‘ud, Ibrahim al-Nakha‘i narrates it from ‘Alqamah, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Mas‘ud, attributing it to the Prophet, in similar wording. Muslim recorded it (1/65), as did Abu Dawud (4091), who recorded part of it, and al-Tirmidhi (1/360), who said: “A good, authentic hadith.” Al-Hakim also recorded it (4/181), though he did not give it in full. He then recorded it through the route of Abu Yahya ibn Ja‘dah, from Ibn Mas‘ud, with the same wording, and said: “Its chain of transmission is authentic, and both of them relied on its narrators.” Al-Dhahabi agreed with him. Ahmad (1/385 and 427) and al-Hakim (4/182) also recorded it through the route of Humayd ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman, from Ibn Mas‘ud, with the same wording but without the statement: “Allah is beautiful and loves beauty.”

2. As for the hadith of Ibn ‘Amr, Zayd ibn Aslam narrates it from ‘Ata’ ibn Yasar, from him, in wording like the narration of Humayd ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman. Ahmad (2/169–170) and al-Hakim (1/26) recorded it in abbreviated form. Al-Hakim’s version includes the addition: “Allah is beautiful and loves beauty.” He said: “It meets Muslim’s criteria,” and it is as he said.

3. As for the hadith of ‘Uqbah, Shahr ibn Hawshab narrates it, saying: “I heard a man narrating from ‘Uqbah,” with the same wording. Ahmad recorded it (4/151). Shahr is weak, and his shaykh is unnamed.

4. As for the hadith of Ibn ‘Umar, Musa ibn ‘Isa al-Qurashi narrated to us: ‘Ata’ al-Khurasani informed us, from Nafi‘, from Ibn ‘Umar, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: