anyone other than al-ʿIjli. He overlooked the fact that Ibn Hibban also deemed him reliable, listing him in al-Thiqat (5/135), though he cast doubt on his retention, saying—and adding nothing further—“From his father; he did not preserve it accurately.”

I say: He seems to be referring to this hadith, for the apparent meaning of his statement, “I heard him say …,” is that he heard him say this after the prayer, when he turned to face them. Yet this conflicts with all the previously mentioned chains from al-Baraʾ—some of which are authentic—which state that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would say it when going to sleep. Thus, ʿUbayd’s narration is anomalous at best. Perhaps for this reason Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah (1006) did not include this supplication with the hadith. It is recorded in Sahih Abi Dawud (628). And Allah knows best.

Another note: Ibn Taymiyyah attributed it in al-Kalim al-Tayyib (36/29) to al-Bukhari and Muslim, and Ibn al-Qayyim followed him in al-Wabil. However, Muslim did not transmit it, as noted above and as stated in al-Tuhfah (3/23–24).

2755 — “If any of you is afflicted by distress or anguish, let him say: ‘Allah, Allah is my Lord; I do not associate anything with Him.’”

Ibn Hibban recorded it in his Sahih (2369—Mawarid), as did al-Tabarani in al-Muʿjam al-Awsat (2/22/2/5423), through Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn ʿArʿarah ibn al-Barand: ʿAttab ibn Harb Abu Bishr narrated to us; Abu ʿAmir al-Khazzaz narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Mulaykah, from ʿAʾishah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would gather the members of his household and say the above. Al-Tabarani said: “No one narrated it from Abu ʿAmir al-Khazzaz except ʿAttab, and Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn ʿArʿarah was alone in transmitting it.”