“A good, authentic hadith.” I say: It meets the criteria of al-Bukhari and Muslim. It was also recorded by al-Bukhari (6312) and in al-Adab al-Mufrad (1205), Ibn Hibban (5507), Ahmad (5/385, 397, 399, and 407), and al-Nasa’i (747), through al-Thawri, from Abd al-Malik, with the same chain, but with the wording: “In Your name I die and live.” He added: “And when he rose, he would say: ‘Praise be to Allah, who has given us life after causing us to die; and to Him is the resurrection.’”

Al-Bukhari also recorded it (6314 and 6324), as did Ahmad (5/387), al-Baghawi in Sharh al-Sunnah (1), al-Tirmidhi (3413), who declared it authentic, and al-Nasa’i (857–860), through other routes from Abd al-Malik and others, with the same wording.

3 — As for the hadith of Hafsah, Asim ibn Bahdalah narrated it [from Ma‘bad ibn Khalid], from Suwa’ al-Khuza‘i, from her, with the same wording, adding: “three times.” It was recorded by Abu Dawud (5045), Ibn Abi Shaybah (10/250/9358), Ahmad (6/287 and 288), Abu Ya‘la (4/1675 and 1681), and Ibn al-Sunni in Amal al-Yawm wa-al-Laylah (231–232), as well as by al-Nasa’i therein (452/761), through various routes from Asim, with the same chain. The words in brackets are found in Abu Dawud and in a version narrated by al-Nasa’i and Ibn al-Sunni. Ibn Abi Shaybah does not include the addition, “three times”; its omission is also found in one narration of Abu Ya‘la.

I say: I have reservations about the authenticity of this addition, for several reasons. First, its chain revolves around Suwa’ al-Khuza‘i, whom none besides Ibn Hibban declared trustworthy. Al-Dhahabi indicated that this accreditation should be treated with reserve, saying in al-Kashif: “He was declared trustworthy.” Likewise, al-Hafiz said in al-Taqrib: “Acceptable.”