“He practised tadlīs (concealing a link in transmission).”

He also cited, through the route of Matar ibn Fil, from al-Shaʿbi, who said: “If he is travelling and catches two rakʿahs of a resident’s prayer, he counts them as such.” Matar is unknown. Shuʿbah also narrated: “I heard Tawus, and I asked him about a traveller who catches two rakʿahs of a resident’s prayer. He replied: ‘They suffice him.’”

I say: This is authentic, provided that its chain to Shuʿbah is free of a hidden defect; Ibn Hazm, however, did not cite it in full for us to examine. In short, even if this and similar reports from Tawus and others are authentic, it is preferable to follow the reports that differ from them, since they conform to the hadith under this heading, the report of Ibn Umar, and others. And Allah knows best.

2677 — “Those are the best of Allah’s servants before Allah on the Day of Resurrection: those who fulfil their obligations and deal graciously.”

Ahmad (6/268) and al-Bazzar (1309) narrated it from Ibn Ishaq, who said: Hisham ibn Urwah narrated to me from his father, from Aishah, who said:

The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, purchased from a Bedouin man a camel—or camels—for a wasq of al-Dhakhirah dates (al-Dhakhirah dates being ʿajwah dates). The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, returned home with it and looked for the dates for him, but did not find them. So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, went out to him and said: “O Abdullah, we purchased from you a camel—or camels—for a wasq of al-Dhakhirah dates,”