82 - Chapter (1)

3807 - Abdullah ibn Abdur-Rahman narrated to us, saying: Haywah ibn Shurayh al-Himsi informed us, from Baqiyyah ibn al-Walid, from Muslim ibn Ziyad, who said:

I heard Anas say: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever says upon reaching the morning: 'O Allah, we have reached the morning bearing witness to You, and we bear witness to the bearers of Your Throne, Your angels, and all of Your creation, that there is no god but You alone, with no partner, and that Muhammad is Your servant and Your Messenger' — Allah will forgive him whatever sin he committed during that day. And if he says it upon reaching the evening, Allah will forgive him whatever sin he committed during that night." (2)

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(1) This chapter with its hadith appears in the printed edition and in (L) after hadith number (3808), and we have placed it in its proper position here from the rest of our manuscript copies, and the copy of al-Mubarakfuri.

(2) Its chain of transmission is weak. Baqiyyah ibn al-Walid is weak but is considered for corroboration, and Muslim ibn Ziyad al-Himsi — from him narrated Ibn Lahi'ah, Baqiyyah ibn al-Walid, and Isma'il ibn 'Ayyash, and no authentication of him is known from anyone other than Ibn Hibban. Moreover, there is inconsistency in its text.

It was also recorded by al-Bukhari in "Al-Adab al-Mufrad" (1201), Abu Dawud (5078), al-Nasa'i in "'Amal al-Yawm wa al-Laylah" (9) and (10), Ibn al-Sunni in "'Amal al-Yawm wa al-Laylah" (70), and al-Baghawi in "Sharh al-Sunnah" (1323) through various routes from Baqiyyah ibn al-Walid, with this chain. In the narration of al-Bukhari, al-Nasa'i in the first instance, and Ibn al-Sunni, it occurs as: "except that Allah would free a quarter of him from the Fire that day; and whoever says it twice, Allah would free half of him from the Fire; and whoever says it four times, Allah would free him from the Fire that day" — instead of his saying: "except that Allah would forgive him whatever sin he committed during that day... etc."

It was also recorded by Abu Dawud (5069) and Muhammad ibn Abi Shaybah in "Kitab al-'Arsh" =