"Something?" I said: "Yes." He said: "See that you rid me of him, for I will not enter upon any of my family until you rid me of him." When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had prayed the 'Atamah, he called me and said: "What did the one who was with you do?" He said: I said: "He is with me; no one has come to us." So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, spent the night in the mosque, and he related the story, until when he had prayed the 'Atamah—meaning the following day—he called me and said: "What did the one who was with you do?" He said: I said: "Allah has given you relief from him, O Messenger of Allah." So he said "Allahu Akbar" and praised Allah, out of concern that death might overtake him while that one was still with him. Then I followed him until he came to his wives, and he greeted each woman individually, until he reached his sleeping place. This is what you asked me about.

(1) Its chain of transmission is authentic. 'Abdullah al-Hawzani: he is Ibn Luhayy, and Abu Sallam: he is Mamtur al-Habashi, and Zayd: he is Ibn Sallam, the brother of Mu'awiyah.

It was also narrated by Hammad ibn Ishaq in "Tarkat al-Nabi, peace and blessings be upon him," pp. 73-74, and al-Bazzar in his "Musnad" (1382), and Ibn Hibban in his "Sahih" (6351), and al-Tabarani in "al-Kabir" (1119), and in "al-Awsat" (466), and Abu Nu'aym in "al-Hilyah" 1/149, and al-Bayhaqi in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" 6/80 and 9/215, and in "Dala'il al-Nubuwwah" 1/348-351, via the path of Mu'awiyah ibn Sallam, with this chain. The narration of Abu Nu'aym and al-Bayhaqi in the second place of "al-Sunan" is very abbreviated.

And see what follows it.

His saying: "Ya Labah" means: "Labbayk" (Here I am at your service).

His saying: "Tajahhamani" — it is said in "al-Lisan": "Tajahhamahu" and "tajahhama lahu" is like "jahimahu": when he meets him with an ugly face.

His saying: "Sallaytu al-'Atamah" means the 'Isha' prayer.

His saying: "Abaqa" is a present-tense verb from "abaqa," "ya'biq," and "ya'buq," "abqan" and "iba qan," so he is "abiq." "Al-Ibaq" is the fleeing of slaves and their going away without fear or toil of work. See "al-Lisan."

His saying: "Mijanni" — "al-Mijann" is the shield, because it conceals its bearer, i.e., covers him, and the "mim" is extra. This was stated in "al-Nihayah." =