—new errors in jurisprudence and hadith criticism, some of which I have pointed out in my book The Jilbab of the Muslim Woman (pp. 42–50, new edition). In his aforementioned book, he is highly inconsistent regarding the woman’s face—an inconsistency indicating that he was not settled upon any particular view concerning it. This is very clear to anyone who traces his statements on the matter, but this is not the place to demonstrate it.

2869 — “The people of Paradise will have combs of gold, and their incense burners will contain aloeswood.”

Al-Ḥumaydī narrated it in his Musnad (180/1): “Sufyān narrated to us: Abū al-Zinād narrated to us, from al-Aʿraj, from Abū Hurayrah,” attributing it to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission according to the conditions of al-Bukhārī and Muslim. It is part of a hadith of Abū Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, which al-Bukhārī recorded (3246) through another route from Abū al-Zinād, from him.

Hammām ibn Munabbih also corroborated him from Abū Hurayrah with the same report. It was recorded by al-Bukhārī (3245), Muslim (8/147), al-Tirmidhī (2540), Ibn Ḥibbān (7393), and Aḥmad (2/312). Al-Tirmidhī said: “An authentic hadith.” The pretentious scholar who annotated the second edition of Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn (643/1891, al-Maktab al-Islāmī) rejected this narration—which includes the addition, “Each one of them will have two wives…”—claiming that it belongs to Muslim rather than al-Bukhārī.

Abū Zurʿah likewise corroborated him with the same report. It was recorded by al-Bukhārī (3327), Muslim as well, and Ibn Ḥibbān (7394). Abū Ṣāliḥ also corroborated him from Abū Hurayrah. Muslim recorded it, as did Aḥmad (2/231–232 and 253).