“The finest women to ride camel-back.” It has already appeared under no. 1052. The other supporting report is the hadith of Mu'awiyah that follows it.

Ibn Sa'd recorded it (8/108) through Amir, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, proposed marriage to Umm Hani'. She said, “O Messenger of Allah, you are dearer to me than my hearing and my sight. Yet a husband’s right is weighty, and I fear that, if I attend to my husband, I will neglect some of my own affairs and my child; and if I attend to my child, I will neglect the right of my husband.” The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, then mentioned the hadith.

Its chain is authentic, but it is mursal; Amir is al-Sha'bi. The correct view is that the woman in this account was Umm Hani', daughter of Abu Talib, not Sawdah. This was one of Shahr ibn Hawshab’s errors. Muslim and others narrated it correctly from the aforementioned hadith of Abu Hurayrah; so consult it.

2524 — “O Allah, none can withhold what You give, and none can give what You withhold; and no person’s wealth or fortune can avail him against You. Whomever Allah intends good for, He grants him understanding of the religion.”

Malik (3/94), Ahmad (4/92–93, 95, and 98), al-Tahawi in al-Mushkil (2/278–279), and Ibn Abd al-Barr in al-Jami' (1/19–20) recorded it through several routes from Muhammad ibn Ka'b al-Qurazi, who said: Mu'awiyah said from the pulpit, “O Allah...” and so forth. “I heard these words from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, upon this pulpit.” The wording is Ahmad’s. Its chain is authentic according to Muslim’s criteria. Ahmad also has another route (4/101) containing an additional wording: