“O Allah, set right for me …,” and so on.

This may have been one of his confused narrations, for in al-Bazzar’s version—as in the version transmitted by the others—he said:

“O Allah, grant me enjoyment …”

This is the correct wording; thus, in this version it constitutes a good corroborating report.

3—As for the hadith of Ali, it is narrated by Musa ibn Uqbah, and there are two narrators from him:

One of them is Abdullah ibn Ja'far al-Madini, from al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib, from his father, from his grandfather, attributing it to the Prophet with the same wording.

Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Du'a (2/1457), al-Mu'jam al-Saghir (p. 221, Hindi edition), and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (2/198/2/8048), and said:

“No one narrated it from Musa ibn Uqbah except Abdullah ibn Ja'far.”

I say: He is weak, but another narrator has corroborated him, though this escaped al-Tabarani. However, his chain of transmission has been contradicted, as will follow.

The other is Hafs ibn Maysarah, who said: From Musa ibn Uqbah, from Husayn ibn Ali ibn al-Husayn, from Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Husayn, from his father, from Ali, with the same wording.

Al-Hakim recorded it (1/527) and said:

“The chain of transmission is authentic. Husayn ibn Ali is Husayn al-Asghar, whom Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak met and from whom he narrated the hadith concerning the prescribed times of prayer.”

I say: Al-Dhahabi agreed with him in declaring it authentic, and it is as they said, for this Husayn is trustworthy. However, regarding Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Ali, Abu Zur'ah said:

“