(4/111): “It was narrated from Umm Ayman ... Ibn Majah, Ibn Abi al-Dunya in the Book of Hunger, and others narrated it.” This is one of his errors.

Al-Busiri said in al-Zawa'id (225/1): “I say: Ibn Majah has no hadith from Umm Ayman other than this one and another in the Book of Funerals. She has no narration in any of the five principal collections. The narrators in its chain are good: Ya'qub is disputed over, as is Ibn 'Abdullah.” This is what he said, but Hanish ibn 'Abdullah is trustworthy, to the best of my knowledge without any disagreement. This is why al-Hafiz stated decisively in al-Taqrib that he was trustworthy. The one concerning whom there is disagreement is Hanish ibn al-Mu'tamir; perhaps he confused him with this man.

Professor Muhammad Fu'ad 'Abd al-Baqi critiqued his statement, “She has no narration in any of the five principal collections,” by saying: “Rather, Muslim narrated from her in 44—The Book of the Virtues of the Companions, 18—Chapter: Some of the Virtues of Umm Ayman, may Allah be pleased with her, hadith no. 103. It is the hadith narrated by Ibn Majah in the Book of Funerals, no. 1635.”

I say: This criticism is unfounded, for al-Busiri's statement, “She has no narration ...,” means only a hadith attributed to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, as is apparent. The hadith to which he refers in Muslim and Ibn Majah is merely her own statement, not one attributed to the Prophet. Take note.

A benefit: What he, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, meant by his words, “Put it back ...,” was: Put the bran that you sifted out back into the flour, then knead it anew. This was part of his asceticism regarding his food. See some hadiths on this in Mukhtasar al-Shama'il (Chapter 5).