“Its chain of transmission is unobjectionable.”

In racing, al-jalb means that a man has someone follow his horse, rebuking it and shouting in order to urge it onward.

2332 — “Whoever knowingly swears a false oath exacted of him, let him take his place in the Fire.”

It was narrated by Abū Dāwūd (2/74), with the additional wording, al-Ṭabarī in his Exegesis (6/533/7287), al-Ḥākim (4/294), Aḥmad (4/436/441), and Abū Nuʿaym in al-Ḥilyah (6/277), through several routes from Hishām ibn Ḥassān, from Muḥammad ibn Sīrīn, from ʿImrān ibn Ḥuṣayn, attributed to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. Al-Ḥākim said: “Authentic according to the criteria of al-Bukhārī and Muslim,” and al-Dhahabī agreed.

I say: It is as they said, despite the disagreement between Imam Aḥmad and al-Dāraquṭnī over whether Ibn Sīrīn heard directly from ʿImrān. The former affirmed this, while the latter denied it; and affirmation takes precedence over negation. This is especially so since Muslim includes three hadith of his (1/137, 5/97, and 105), the first of which explicitly states that he heard it directly from ʿImrān.

2333 — “Whoever performs ablution and then says: ‘Glory and praise be to You, O Allah. There is no god worthy of worship but You. I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You,’ it will be written on a parchment, then sealed with a seal, and it will not be broken until the Day of Resurrection.”

It was narrated by al-Nasāʾī in al-Yawm wa al-Laylah (1) (no. 81), al-Ḥākim (1/564), and al-Ḍiyāʾ in al-Muntaqā min Masmūʿātihi bi-Marw (68/1), through Abū Ghassān Yaḥyā ibn Kathīr, who said: Shuʿbah narrated to us from