on the grounds of irregularity. Thus, primary reliance is upon the hadith of Ibn ʿUmar. Nevertheless, al-Bayhaqī also included it in al-Shuʿab (3/27/2776), on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās, but its chain is weak. The hadith has been authentically reported, without the words, “Adhere to,” from a number of the Companions; some of their chains are authentic. It is documented in al-Irwāʾ (1/105/66).

2518 — “No one who hears the call in this mosque of mine, then leaves it—except for a need—and does not return, is anything but a hypocrite.”

Al-Ṭabarānī recorded it in al-Awsaṭ (1/27/1), and through his route Abū Nuʿaym in Ṣifat al-Nifāq (29/1): ʿAlī ibn Saʿīd al-Rāzī related to us; Abū Muṣʿab related to us; ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī Ḥāzim related to us: My father and Ṣafwān ibn Sulaym related to me, from Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyib, from Abū Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said it. He then said: “Abū Muṣʿab alone narrated it, and no one transmitted it with a connected chain from Abū Hurayrah besides Ṣafwān and Abū Ḥāzim.”

I say: All of them are trustworthy and are among the narrators of both al-Bukhārī and Muslim, apart from al-Rāzī. He was a hadith master whose hadiths were good. Al-Dāraquṭnī said, “He is not of that calibre.” Maslamah said, “He was trustworthy and knowledgeable in hadith.” Abū Muṣʿab’s name was Aḥmad ibn Abī Bakr.

Al-Mundhirī (1/115), followed by al-Haythamī (2/5), said: “Al-Ṭabarānī narrated it in al-Awsaṭ, and its narrators are relied upon in the Ṣaḥīḥ.” I say: This unqualified statement is clearly open to question, for al-Rāzī is not among the narrators of the Ṣaḥīḥ. They frequently make such statements, so be alert.