1643 - ‘Imrān ibn Mūsā informed us, from ʿAbd al-Wārith, who said: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz narrated to us, from Anas ibn Mālik, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, entered the mosque and saw a rope stretched between two pillars. He said: "What is this rope?" They said: "It belongs to Zaynab; she prays, and when she grows weary, she clings to it." The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Untie it. Let each of you pray with energy, and if he grows weary, let him sit down."(1)

1644 - Qutaybah ibn Saʿīd and Muḥammad ibn Manṣūr informed us — and the wording is his — from Sufyān, from Ziyād ibn ʿIlāqah, who said:
I heard al-Mughīrah ibn Shuʿbah say: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, stood in prayer until his feet became swollen. It was said to him: "Allah has forgiven you your past and future sins." He said: "Shall I not then be a grateful servant?"(2)

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(1) Its chain of transmission is sound. ʿAbd al-Wārith: he is Ibn Saʿīd al-ʿAnbarī, and ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz: he is Ibn Ṣuhayb.
It appears in *al-Sunan al-Kubrā* under number (1308).
Ibn Mājah also transmitted it (1371) from ʿImrān ibn Mūsā, with this chain.
Al-Bukhārī (1150) and Muslim (784) transmitted it via two routes from ʿAbd al-Wārith, with it.
Aḥmad (11986), Muslim (784), Abū Dāwūd (1312), the author in *al-Kubrā* (1308), and Ibn Ḥibbān (2492) transmitted it via Ismāʿīl ibn ʿUlayyah, from ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, with it.
It was also transmitted — with similar wording — by Aḥmad (12916) and Ibn Ḥibbān (2493) and (2587) via Ḥumayd, from Anas, with it. In Aḥmad's narration, the woman is named as Ḥamnah bint Jaḥsh.

(2) Its chain of transmission is sound. Sufyān: he is Ibn ʿUyaynah. It appears in *al-Sunan al-Kubrā* under number (1327).
Aḥmad (18198), al-Bukhārī (4836), Muslim (2819): (80), the author as in *al-Tuḥfah* (11498), Ibn Mājah (1419), and Ibn Ḥibbān (311) transmitted it via Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah, with this chain.
Aḥmad (18238) and (18243), al-Bukhārī (1130) and (6471), Muslim (2819): (79), al-Tirmidhī (412), and the author in *al-Kubrā* (11437) transmitted it via multiple routes from Ziyād ibn ʿIlāqah, with it.