But this is corroborated by the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, who said: “A large bowl of tharīd (crumbled bread soaked in broth) and meat was placed before the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. He took the foreleg, and it was the part of the sheep most beloved to him …” The full hadith occurs in the account of intercession. It was recorded by al-Bukhari (2/334), Muslim (1/129)—whose wording this is—and Ahmad (2/435).

Also, the hadith of Aishah, who said: “The foreleg was the meat most beloved to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.” Ibn Abi Hatim cited it in al-Ilal (2/23) through the route of Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd al-Malik al-Hizami, from Ibn Abi Fudayk, from Hisham ibn Urwah, from his father, from Aishah. He said: “Abu Zurah said: ‘It is a rejected hadith.’” I say: But what preceded it corroborates it, and its chain is good as corroborating evidence. And Allah knows best.

2056 — “When leading the people in prayer, he made it lighter than anyone else; yet he was the most constant in prayer himself.” In one version: “And he offered the longest prayers himself.”

Ahmad (5/219) and Abu Yala (1/402) recorded it through several routes from Abd Allah ibn Uthman ibn Khuthaym, who said: Nafi ibn Sarjis narrated to us that he entered upon Abu Waqid al-Laythi, a Companion of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, during the illness in which he died, and said: “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to …” I say: This is a good chain of transmission. Its narrators are trustworthy and are narrators of Muslim, apart from this Ibn Sarjis. Ahmad said: