was truthful, though he made errors. Thus, through the combined strength of these corroborating reports, it is established from Shuʿbah.

The hadith has another route, recorded by al-Ḥusayn al-Marwazī in Zawāʾid al-Zuhd li-Ibn al-Mubārak (folio 123/1—Kawākib 575), through an authentic chain from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Buraydah, who said: “It was mentioned to me that Abū Sabrah ibn Salamah heard ... ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr ...” He then cited it as a report attributed to the Prophet, and it includes a story.

In sum, the hadith, through these routes, is good or authentic. Allah knows best.

356 — “Gabriel, peace be upon him, came to me and said: ‘I came to you last night, but nothing prevented me from entering the house in which you were except that there was an image of a man in the house, and there was a thin curtain containing images. So order that the head of the image be cut off, so that it becomes like the form of a tree; and order that the curtain be cut up.’

In another version: ‘There is a curtain on the wall in the house containing images, so cut off their heads and make it into a carpet or cushions to be trodden upon, for we do not enter a house in which there are images.’ Thus, two cushions were made from it to be trodden upon. And order that the dog be taken out.’

The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did so, and the dog was a puppy belonging to al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn, may Allah be pleased with them, beneath a couch belonging to them. He said: ‘And he continued urging me concerning the neighbour until I thought—or concluded—that he would make him an heir.’”

It was recorded by Aḥmad (2/305, 478), whose wording is cited here; by Abū Dāwūd (4158); al-Tirmidhī (2/132); and Ibn Ḥibbān in his Ṣaḥīḥ (1487), through the route of Yūnus ibn Abī Isḥāq, from