to embrace Islam, and his words: “Praise be to Allah, who saved him from the Fire.”

When he died, he said:

“Pray over your companion.”

Al-Bukhari and others narrated it, and I have cited it in Ahkam al-Jana'iz (p. 21).

It also has another, more complete supporting report, which will be mentioned shortly, Allah willing.

Al-Hafiz noted a discrepancy in the narrations from al-Jurayri concerning its chain of transmission. Ibn Khuzaymah narrated it in his Sahih, as did al-Hasan ibn Sufyan in his Musnad, through Salim ibn Nuh, from al-Jurayri, from Abdullah ibn Shuqayq, from Abu Sakhr—a man of Banu Uqayl—who was sometimes named Abdullah ibn Qudamah. He said: “I came to Medina during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah...” to the end of the hadith. Thus, he omitted the Bedouin from the chain of transmission, making it a report narrated directly by Abu Sakhr himself; and he added Abdullah ibn Shuqayq to the chain of transmission.

Abu Ahmad al-Hakim likewise narrated it in al-Kuna (1/242/2–243), through Ibn Khuzaymah; and Abu Nu'aym narrated it in al-Ma'rifah (1/271/2), through al-Hasan ibn Sufyan and others. They said: Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us; Salim ibn Nuh narrated to us through the same chain.

I say: Although Salim ibn Nuh was among Muslim’s narrators, he was subject to criticism, as is indicated by al-Hafiz’s assessment of him:

“Truthful, but prone to errors.”

Thus, when someone like him differs from Isma'il—namely, Ibn Ulayyah—his narration is less weighty, because