and this is the correct view, the same conclusion reached by Ahmad and Ishaq. Al-Tirmidhi (2/212), after citing the two reports, wrote: “Ahmad and Ishaq said: both hadiths are to be acted upon, as though they considered each of them authentic and operative.” Ibn Hajar’s citation of some Hanafis to the contrary is offset by al-Tahawi, who relates from the three Imams that preference should be given to her first report rather than to the narration of Ibn Shuqayq. (1) Reported by Muslim and Ahmad; its full documentation appeared earlier under “Standing” (p. 79). (2) Related by al-Nasa’i (1/245); through him by al-Darqutni (152), al-Hakim (1/275), al-Bayhaqi (2/305), and by Ibn Hibban as well, via Abu Dawud al-Hafari, from Hafs ibn Ghiyath, from Humayd, from Abdullah ibn Shuqayq, from Aisha, who said: “I saw the Prophet pray while sitting cross-legged.” Al-Hakim judged it “sahih according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs,” and al-Dhahabi concurred, but both erred, for it only satisfies Muslim’s criteria: al-Bukhari did not transmit anything from Abu Dawud al-Hafari—his name being spelled with the unpointed h and an f. Al-Nasa’i critiqued the hadith, saying: “I know of no one who transmitted this hadith except Abu Dawud, and he is trustworthy, yet I do not think the hadith is anything but a mistake. Allah knows best.” Ibn Hajar remarks in al-Talkhis (3/287): “Ibn Khuzayma also recorded it (1/107/2 = 2/89/978), and al-Bayhaqi transmitted it through Muhammad ibn Saʿid al-Asbahani in support of Abu Dawud; thus it is clear that the report is not mistaken.” _________ (*) In the printed edition of al-Sifah (p. 80) the shaykh also attributes the hadith to Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi in al-Sunan (80/1).