that when the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, returned from an expedition, he said: “Do not come upon women at night.” And he sent someone to announce among the people that he would arrive in the morning.

It was recorded by Abu Awanah in his Sahih (5/117), as well as by Ibn Khuzaymah (9/340) and al-Bayhaqi (9/174), through Ibn Wahb, who said: Umar ibn Muhammad informed me of it.

I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs.

As for Ibn Ajlan’s hadith, Khalid ibn al-Harith narrated it: Muhammad ibn Ajlan narrated to us, from Nafi‘, from Abd Allah ibn Umar:

The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, encamped at al-Aqiq and forbade men to come upon women at night on the night of their arrival. Some young men disobeyed him, and each of them saw what displeased him.

It was recorded by Ahmad (2/104) and al-Bazzar (1485).

I say: This is a sound chain of transmission, as al-Hafiz al-Iraqi stated in Takhrij al-Ihya’ (2/46).

The disobedience mentioned in this narration is corroborated by the hadith of Ibn Abbas, who related that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

“Do not come upon women at night”—meaning that, when one of you returns from a journey, he should not come to his family except by day. He said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was returning from a journey when two men went ahead, despite the Messenger of Allah’s statement. They came to their wives, and each found a man with his wife.

It was recorded by al-Darimi (1/118), al-Bazzar (1487), and al-Tabarani in al-Kabir (11/245/11626), through Zam‘ah ibn Salih, from Salamah ibn Wuharam, from Ikrimah, from him. The wording is that of al-Tabarani.