their sale. It is therefore more appropriate for us to follow them in what they agreed upon before disagreement arose, while taking the Sunnah as evidence.” I say: This is what brings reassurance to the soul and opens the heart, and the sum of all this attests to the authenticity of the hadith under discussion. And Allah knows best.

2418 — “Do not turn your homes into graves; pray in them.”

Ahmad (4/114, 5/192) and Ibn Nasr, in Qiyam al-Layl (p. 30), narrated it through several routes from Abd al-Malik ibn Abi Sulayman, from Ata, from Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani, attributed to the Prophet.

I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission according to Muslim’s criteria. It is corroborated by a hadith from Abu Hurayrah, attributed to the Prophet, with the same wording. Ibn Hibban narrated it (635). Its chain of transmission is authentic according to Muslim’s criteria, and Muslim also narrated it in his Sahih, except for the words, “Pray in them.” It has been cited in al-Jana'iz (p. 212) and in Tahdhir al-Sajid (pp. 98–99). It also has another corroborating report from Abd Allah ibn Umar, attributed to the Prophet, with a variation in word order; it has preceded under no. 1910.

2419 — “Do not dispute regarding the Quran, for disputing about it is disbelief.”

Al-Tayalisi narrated it (2/7): Fulayh ibn Sulayman narrated to us, from Salim, the freedman of Abu al-Nadr, from Sulayman ibn Yasar, from Abd Allah ibn Amr, attributed to the Prophet.

I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission. Its narrators are trustworthy and appear among the narrators of al-Bukhari and Muslim, were it not for the criticism of Fulayh on account of his retention. Al-Hafiz said: