prostrating.¹

This is a ḥasan gharīb ḥadīth; we do not know it except through this chain, from the ḥadīth of Bakkār ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz.

The practice according to most of the people of knowledge is upon this: they considered the prostration of gratitude [valid].²

25 – Chapter: What has been reported concerning the protection granted by a woman and a slave

1669 – Yaḥyā ibn Aktham narrated to us, he said: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī Ḥāzim narrated to us, from Kathīr ibn Zayd, from al-Walīd ibn Rabāḥ, from Abū Hurayrah, from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: “Indeed, a woman may grant protection for the people”—meaning: she may grant asylum on behalf of the Muslims.³

In this chapter, there is also [a ḥadīth] from Umm Hāniʾ.

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¹ A ḥasan ḥadīth due to corroborating witnesses; also narrated by Abū Dāwūd (2774), Ibn Mājah (1394), and it is in al-Musnad (20455), where we have mentioned its witnesses.
² In the printed edition, the following appears after this: “And Bakkār ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī Bakrah is muqārib al-ḥadīth,” but it is not mentioned in our manuscript sources, nor in the commentaries of al-ʿIrāqī and al-Mubārakfūrī.
³ A ṣaḥīḥ ḥadīth due to corroborating witnesses, and this chain is ḥasan. Also narrated by Aḥmad (8780), Ibn ʿAdī in al-Kāmil 6/2088, al-Ḥākim 2/141, and al-Bayhaqī 9/94; their wording is: “The lowest of them may grant protection on behalf of my community.” What follows supports it.