until he seeks permission from his companion.¹

In this chapter, there is also a narration from Sa'd, the freed slave of Abu Bakr.

This hadith is hasan sahih.

17 - Chapter: What has been related about the recommendation of dates

1918 - Muhammad ibn Sahl ibn 'Askar and 'Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, both saying: Yahya ibn Hassan narrated to us, Sulayman ibn Bilal narrated to us, from Hisham ibn 'Urwah, from his father,

from 'A'ishah, from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: "A house in which there are no dates, its people are hungry."²

In this chapter, there is also a narration from Salma, the wife of Abu Rafi'.

This hadith is hasan gharib from this chain; we do not know it from the hadith of Hisham ibn 'Urwah except from this chain.³

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¹ A sahih hadith, recorded by al-Bukhari (2455) and (2489), Muslim (2045), Ibn Majah (3331), and al-Nasa'i in al-Kubra (6729). It is also in Musnad Ahmad (4513) and Sahih Ibn Hibban (5231). Al-Nasa'i also recorded it as a mawquf narration in al-Kubra (6730).

² A sahih hadith, recorded by Muslim (2046), Abu Dawud (3831), and Ibn Majah (3327). It is also in al-Musnad (24741) and (25458), and Sahih Ibn Hibban (5206).

³ After this, the printed edition includes: "And I asked al-Bukhari about this hadith, and he said: 'I do not know anyone who narrated it other than Yahya ibn Hassan.'" This statement is not found in our manuscript copies, and it is [a later addition].