attributed to the Prophet. The latter two added: “At times his cloak would catch on a tree or some other object, yet he would not turn around. They would laugh, having become certain that he would not turn around.”

Ibn Abi Hatim said: “My father said: This is a rejected hadith, and ʿAbd al-Jabbar is weak.” Al-Hakim said: “I do not know of anyone other than ʿAbd al-Jabbar who narrated it from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir.” Al-Dhahabi commented after it: “I say: ʿAbd al-Jabbar is utterly unreliable.” In al-Duʿafaʾ, he said: “They declared him weak.” Al-Hafiz said: “Weak.”

However, the hadith has a corroborating narration through Dawud ibn Abi Hind: “A man narrated to me from Ibn ʿAbbas,” attributed to the Prophet, with the same wording, adding: “When he walked, he walked with purpose, without any languor.” Ibn Saʿd reported it (1/417). I say: Its narrators are trustworthy, and are among Muslim’s narrators, except for the man, who is unnamed.

And ʿAwf said: “He would only laugh with a smile, and he would only turn with his whole body.”