“…and its chain of transmission is authentic.” Al-Bukhari alluded to this route in one of his chapter headings for this hadith, saying in “Supplications” (11/144): “Chapter: The Prophet’s supplication for his servant to have a long life and abundant wealth.”

Al-Hafiz supported this with the aforementioned narration in al-Adab al-Mufrad, but he overlooked Ibn Sa‘d’s narration, which, as noted above, is more authentic. A supporting report for it has already preceded in the fifth route. Then I found another supporting report, which al-Hafiz al-Mizzi mentioned in Tahdhib al-Kamal (2/364), saying: “Al-Husayn ibn Waqid and others narrated from Thabit, from Anas: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated for me, saying: ‘O Allah, increase his wealth and children, and prolong his life.’”

This establishes the permissibility of supplicating that a person be granted a long life, as is customary in some Arab lands, contrary to the view of certain scholars. It is further supported by the fact that there is no difference between this and supplicating for happiness and the like, since all of that is decreed. Reflect on this.

2242 — “If you pass by Jews … do not greet them; and if they greet you, say: ‘And upon you.’”

Al-Fasawi recorded it in al-Ma‘rifah (2/491): Abu ‘Asim narrated to us, from ‘Abd al-Hamid ibn Ja‘far, from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, from Abu al-Khayr Marthad ibn ‘Abdullah al-Yazani, from Abu Basrah