a house in Madinah. These are my family members, and I dislike that they should consume their good things in their worldly life. O Thawban, buy for Fatimah a necklace of sinew and two bracelets of ivory." (1)

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(1) Its chain of transmission is weak due to the unknown status of Humayd al-Shami and Sulayman al-Munabbihi.
It was also narrated by Ahmad (22363), al-Tabarani in "al-Kabir" (1453), Ibn 'Adi in "al-Kamil" 2/686, al-Bayhaqi in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" 1/26, and in "al-Shu'ab" (5659), and al-Mizzi in the biography of Humayd al-Shami from "Tahdhib al-Kamal" 7/413-414, and in the biography of Sulayman al-Munabbihi 12/111-112, through various chains from 'Abd al-Warith ibn Sa'id, with this chain of transmission.
Al-'aj (ivory): it is the bone of elephants' tusks, and it was also said: it is the bone of the back of the sea turtle.
Al-madahin (oil containers): plural of midhan, which is the vessel in which oil is placed.
Al-mis'h: with a kasrah on the mim, a well-known garment.