Abu Hurayrah, narrated by Muslim (8/216). A contrary report is related from Abu Musa al-Ashʿari, attributed to the Companion, with the wording: “For I think that the first part of him to speak will be his right thigh.” Ibn Jarir narrated it from him through an authentic chain of transmission. And Allah knows best.

A fidām is a piece of cloth tied over an ewer or jug in order to strain the drink it contains. That is, their mouths will be prevented from speaking until their limbs speak; this is likened to a fidām. Ibn al-Athir’s al-Nihayah (3/421).

2714 — “Allah has apportioned your characters among you just as He has apportioned your provisions among you. Allah grants worldly goods to those He loves and to those He does not love, but He grants faith only to those He loves. So whoever is too miserly with his wealth to spend it, fears the enemy and is therefore unable to strive against him, and dreads the night and is therefore unable to endure it, should frequently say: ‘Subḥān Allah (Glory be to Allah), [al-ḥamdu lillāh (praise be to Allah)], lā ilāha illā Allāh (there is no god worthy of worship but Allah), and Allāhu akbar (Allah is Most Great).’”

Al-Ismaʿili narrated it in al-Muʿjam (114/1): ʿAyyash ibn Muhammad ibn ʿIsa Abu al-Fadl al-Jawhari narrated to us in Baghdad; Ahmad ibn Janab narrated to us; ʿIsa ibn Yunus narrated to us from Sufyan al-Thawri, from Zubayd, from Murrah, from ʿAbd Allah, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said—and he then cited it.

I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission. All its narrators meet Muslim’s criteria, apart from this al-Jawhari; al-Khatib declared him trustworthy in al-Tarikh (12/279). A group also corroborated him in al-Hakim (1/33), who declared it authentic, and al-Dhahabi concurred. ʿIsa ibn Yunus—who was trustworthy and reliable—was also corroborated in attributing it to the Prophet by Sufyan ibn