I then saw that al-Bayhaqi recorded the hadith of al-Hasan al-Basri in Shu‘ab al-Iman (3/107/3019), through al-Awza‘i, who said: Dawud ibn ‘Ali narrated to me that he heard al-Hasan ibn Abi al-Hasan say:

“While the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was delivering the Friday sermon to the people, some sheep and ghee arrived. The people began rising to go to it, until only a few remained. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: ‘Had you continued following one another, the valley would have burst into flames.’”

I say: This is a good mursal chain of transmission. Dawud ibn ‘Ali was the son of ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas. Ibn Hibban said in al-Thiqat: “He makes mistakes.” Al-Hafiz said: “Acceptable.”

I say: Thus, his hadith is good when used as corroborating evidence, as it is here. *

3148—“You have been permitted to go out for your needs.” In another version: “for your respective needs.”

Recorded by al-Bukhari (147, 4795, and 5237), Muslim (7/6), Ibn Jarir in al-Tafsir (28/39), al-Bayhaqi (7/88), and Ahmad (6/56), through Hisham ibn ‘Urwah, from his father, from Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, who said:

Sawdah went out to attend to her need after the veil had been prescribed. She was a large woman, not unrecognizable to anyone who knew her. ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab saw her and said, “O Sawdah! By Allah, you cannot conceal yourself from us, so consider how you go out!” She turned back, while the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was in my house, and he