= For Abu Tamimah [we say: he is Tarif ibn Mujalid al-Hujaymi], having heard (samāʿan) from Abu Hurayrah. Al-Mizzi did not indicate in *Tahdhib al-Kamal* nor in *Tuhfat al-Ashraf* the existence of an interruption (irsāl) in the narration of Abu Tamimah from Abu Hurayrah, as is his custom, and he has been followed (in this). And he has what bears witness to it without mentioning the menstruating woman.

Yahya: he is Ibn Saʿid al-Qattan.

Ibn Majah (639), al-Tirmidhi (135), and al-Nasa'i in *al-Kubra* (8967) and (8968) also narrated it via multiple paths from Hammad ibn Salamah, with this chain of transmission.

And it was narrated with the mention of the soothsayer (al-kahin) alone by al-Harith ibn Abi Usamah in his *Musnad*, and via him by al-Hakim 1/8, from the path of ʿAwf ibn Abi Jamilah al-Aʿrabi, from Khilas and Muhammad ibn Sirin, from Abu Hurayrah. Its chain of transmission is authentic (sahih). Al-Hafiz al-ʿIraqi said in his *Amali*: "An authentic hadith." Al-Bayhaqi also narrated it from al-Hakim in his *Sunan* [8/135], and al-Dhahabi said in his *Mukhtasar*: "Its chain of transmission is strong." Al-Munawi transmitted this from both of them in *Fayd al-Qadir* 6/23.

The mention of intercourse in the anus has already preceded under number (2162) via the path of al-Harith ibn Mukhallid, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said: "Cursed is the one who has intercourse with a woman in her anus."

And bearing witness to the prohibition of intercourse in the anus is the hadith of Ibn ʿAbbas, recorded by al-Tirmidhi (1200) and al-Nasa'i in *al-Kubra* (8952), and authenticated by Ibn Hibban (4202), with the wording: "Allah will not look at a man who has intercourse with a man or a woman in the anus."

And the hadith of Khuzaymah ibn Thabit, recorded by Ahmad (21858) and al-Nasa'i in *al-Kubra* (8933), with the wording: "Indeed, Allah is not ashamed of the truth: do not have intercourse with women in their anuses." It is authentic due to corroborating evidence (sahih li-ghayrihi), and its narrators are trustworthy.

And the hadith of ʿAbdullah ibn ʿAmr ibn al-ʿAs, recorded by Ahmad (6706) and al-Nasa'i in *al-Kubra* (8947), with the wording: "It is the lesser sodomy (al-luwatiyyah al-sughra)," meaning a man having intercourse with his wife in her anus. Its chain of transmission is good (hasan).

And bearing witness to the prohibition of going to a soothsayer is the hadith of Jabir ibn ʿAbdullah, recorded by al-Bazzar (3045 – *Kashf al-Astar*), with the wording: "He has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad," and its chain of transmission is authentic.

And the hadith of ʿImran ibn al-Husayn, likewise with him (3044), and al-Haythami said: "Its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih." =