Kaʿb ibn ʿAlqamah, from ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Shumasah al-Mahri, from Abu al-Khayr, from ʿUqbah, with the abbreviated wording recorded by Muslim: “The expiation for a vow is the expiation for an oath.”

2861 — “O ʿUqbah ibn ʿAmir, shall I not teach you surahs the like of which have not been revealed in the Torah, the Psalms, the Gospel, or the Criterion? Let no night come upon you without your reciting them during it: ‘Say: He is Allah, the One’; ‘Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak’; and ‘Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind.’”

Ahmad recorded it (4/158) through Ibn ʿAyyash, from Usayd ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman al-Khathʿami, from Farwah ibn Mujahid al-Lakhmi, from ʿUqbah ibn ʿAmir, who said: I met the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said to me: “O ʿUqbah ibn ʿAmir, maintain ties with whoever cuts you off, give to whoever deprives you, and forgive whoever wrongs you.”

He said: Then I came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said to me: “O ʿUqbah ibn ʿAmir, restrain your tongue, weep over your sin, and let your house suffice for you.” He said: Then I met the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he cited the hadith.

I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission, for Ibn ʿAyyash is trustworthy in his narrations from Syrian transmitters, and this narration of his is from Syrian transmitters: Usayd ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman was from Ramla and was trustworthy, as was his teacher Farwah ibn Mujahid, as explained previously under hadith (891).