Ibn al-Ashʿath said: I entered upon ʿAʾisha and she related to me: “While I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah, three Jews came in and asked permission….” He then gave the rest of the narration, in which the Prophet said: “Do you know what it is they envy us for?” I replied, “Allah and His Messenger know best.” He said: “They envy us for the qibla to which we have been guided while they went astray from it; for the Friday congregation to which we have been guided while they went astray from it; and for our saying behind the imam: amin.” This chain is sound. In al-Bayhaqi all its narrators are those of Muslim except for ʿUmar b. Qays, who is reliable; and in Ahmad’s version the narrators are likewise those of Muslim except for ʿAli b. ʿAsim, whose memory is poor, yet that does not harm the report here because his transmission is corroborated. Al-Manawi quotes al-Hafiz al-ʿIraqi as judging the hadith authentic. In al-Bayhaqi the name appears as “ʿAmr” (with an extra waw), but al-Bukhari said, “That is incorrect”; the correct form is “ʿUmar,” as in Ahmad’s wording. Al-Bayhaqi also recorded it through the route of ʿAbd Allah b. Maysarah—related to us by Ibrahim b. Abi Harrah, from Mujahid, from Muhammad b. al-Ashʿath—with wording identical to the first narration and the additional phrase: “Allahumma rabbana laka al-hamd (O Allah, our Lord, to You belongs all praise).” ʿAbd Allah b. Maysarah is weak, as noted in al-Taqrib and elsewhere. As for the hadith of Ibn ʿAbbas, Ibn Majah transmits it from Talhah b. ʿAmr, from ʿAtaʾ, from him, in marfuʿ form. Al-Zawaʾid comments: “Its isnad is weak, because the scholars unanimously deem Talhah b. ʿAmr unreliable.”