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Muslim (1695) and al-Nasa'i in *al-Kubra* (7159) and (7231) also recorded it via Bashir ibn al-Muhajir, from him.
It is also in *Musnad Ahmad* (22949).

Muslim (1695) and al-Nasa'i in *al-Kubra* (7148) also recorded it via 'Alqamah ibn Marthad, from Sulayman ibn Buraydah, from his father. In this version, neither the story of weaning nor the story of Khalid ibn al-Walid insulting the Ghamidiyyah woman is mentioned, nor the clarification of the greatness of her repentance. All the narrators of this chain are trustworthy.

The mention of stoning after weaning has also come in a hadith other than that of Buraydah al-Aslami. Mahmud ibn Labid al-Ansari narrated it, as quoted by Ibn 'Abd al-Barr in *al-Tamhid* 24/128, who said: Ibn Wahb said: Ibn Lahi'ah informed me, from Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, from 'Asim ibn 'Umar ibn Qatadah, from him, from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. Ibn Wahb's narration from Ibn Lahi'ah is acceptable.

Likewise, Anas ibn Malik narrated it in al-Bazzar (1541 - *Kashf al-Astar*), and its narrators are trustworthy, but it is disconnected (*munqati'*), for it is from the narration of al-A'mash from Anas, and he did not hear it from him.

Jabir ibn 'Abd Allah narrated it in al-Nasa'i's *al-Kubra* (7149) and elsewhere. Its narrators are trustworthy, but it contains the *'an'anah* (ambiguous "from" phrasing) of Abu al-Zubayr Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Tadrus.

Malik narrated it in his *Muwatta'* 2/821-822 from Ya'qub ibn Zayd ibn Talhah, from his father, from 'Abd Allah ibn Abi Mulaykah. Thus Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi narrated it from Malik as a hadith of 'Abd Allah ibn Abi Mulaykah, but the correct version—as Ibn 'Abd al-Barr mentioned in *al-Tamhid* 24/127—is that it is from Zayd ibn Talhah as a *mursal* (incomplete chain) report. Thus al-Qa'nabi, Ibn al-Qasim, Ibn Bukayr, and Ibn Wahb narrated it from Malik. We say: it is *mursal*, and there is no harm in its narrators.

The mention of weaning also appears in the hadith of 'Imran ibn Husayn concerning the story of stoning the Juhaniyyah woman. Al-Daraqutni (3238) recorded it from 'Abd Allah ibn al-Haytham ibn Khalid al-Taybi, from Ahmad ibn Mansur al-Ramadi, from 'Abd al-Razzaq with his chain. However, the mention of weaning in it is anomalous (*shadhdh*), for none narrated it from 'Abd al-Razzaq except Ahmad ibn Mansur al-Ramadi, and more than one narrator has related it from 'Abd al-Razzaq without mentioning the waiting for weaning.

Likewise, its mention does not occur in the other versions of the hadith. Perhaps the error is from al-Ramadi or from 'Abd Allah ibn al-Haytham, and Allah Almighty knows best. =