“It is a singular narration, and I recorded it only through this route.”

I say: This is a strong corroborating chain for Sharik, but its route includes Sufyan ibn Waki‘, who is weak.

The hadith has another route, narrated by al-Walid ibn Abi Thawr, from Simak, from Ikrimah, who said: “Aishah was asked, ‘Did you ever hear the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, quote any poetry?’ She replied: ‘Sometimes, when he entered his house, he would say: ...’” Then he cited it.

It was recorded by Ibn Sa‘d (1/383), Abu Nu‘aym in Akhbar Asbahan (1/155), and al-Diya’ in al-Mukhtarah (65/51/2), with a suspended chain. I say: Al-Walid ibn Abi Thawr is weak. Zaidah, however, contradicted him, narrating from Simak, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas, who said: “The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, would quote from poetry: ‘And news will come to you from one for whom you have made no provision.’”

It was recorded by al-Bazzar (p. 250—its supplementary material), al-Tabarani in al-Kabir (3/134/2), and al-Diya’ through the route of al-Tabarani and others. I say: Its chain of transmission is authentic. His phrase, “istaratha,” means “he considered it slow in coming”; it is the Form X derivative of rayth, meaning slowness.

2058 — “When the wind grew fierce, he would say: ‘O Allah, make it a fertilizing wind, not a barren one.’”

It was recorded by al-Bukhari in al-Adab al-Mufrad (718), al-Tabarani in al-Kabir (7/37) and al-Awsat (1/161/3005), Ibn al-Sunni in Amal al-Yawm wa-al-Laylah (294), and al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak (4/286), from al-Mughirah ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Makhzumi, who said: Yazid ibn Abi Ubayd narrated to us: I heard Salamah ibn al-Akwa‘ cite it as a report attributed to the Prophet. Al-Hakim said: