this one: it does not include al-Mughīrah ibn Muslim. In al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ (8/209/7429—printed edition), it is narrated through Abū Yazīd al-Kūfī, Bishr ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, who said: Muḥammad ibn Sawāʾ—not Suwād, as in the original—narrated to us from Saʿīd ibn Abī ʿArūbah, from Qatādah, from al-Qāsim ibn ʿAwf al-Shaybānī, from Zayd ibn Arqam, in an abbreviated report attributed to the Prophet:

“A woman must not withhold herself from her husband, even if she is upon a camel saddle.”

This is a strong corroborating narration from Muḥammad ibn Sawāʾ, for he is trustworthy and is among the narrators of both al-Bukhārī and Muslim.

As for Bishr ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, I had previously mentioned him in this book, under hadith 1203 in the third volume, and I cited this hadith as supporting evidence for it. I said: “I do not know this Bishr; al-Jarḥ wa al-Taʿdīl should be consulted regarding him, for I shall not discuss him at length now.”

In the new edition of this volume, I added a note on him, the substance of which is that he is trustworthy. Refer to it. Accordingly, the chain is good and strong. And with Allah lies success.

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3367—“Indeed, I find the breath of the Most Merciful coming from this direction”—pointing toward Yemen.

Al-Ṭabarānī transmitted it in al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr (7/60/6358): Abū Zurʿah narrated to us: Abū al-Yamān narrated to us: Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAyyāsh narrated to us from al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. In another chain: Bakr ibn Sahl narrated to us: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf narrated to us: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṣāliḥ al-Ḥimṣī narrated to us: Ibrāhīm ibn Sulaymān al-Afṭas informed me, from al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Jurashī, from Jubayr ibn Nufayr, who said: Salamah ibn Nufayl al-Sukūnī narrated to me:

I drew near to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, until my knees nearly touched his thigh. I said, “O Messenger of Allah, we have forsaken the horses and laid down our weapons, and some people claim that there will be no fighting!” He said: