and al-Haythamī said in "Majmaʿ al-Zawāʾid" (1/64): "It was narrated by Aḥmad and al-Ṭabarānī in al-Awsaṭ and al-Ṣaghīr, except that al-Ṭabarānī said in the ḥadīth... from a thousand like it. and its chain revolves around Usāmah ibn Zayd ibn Aslam, who is very weak." Thus he said. The more likely opinion according to us is that it is not ibn Zayd ibn Aslam, who is al-ʿAdawī, but rather Usāmah ibn Zayd al-Laythī, who is among the narrators of Muslim, whereas al-ʿAdawī is weak. It was difficult, if not impossible, to determine which of them was intended in this ḥadīth according to al-Ṭabarānī's narration, because both were narrated from by ʿAbd Allāh ibn Wahb. They were not mentioned among the narrators from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Dīnār, but it was possible to determine through Aḥmad's narration, in which Usāmah's teacher is "al-Dībāj," and it was mentioned in his biography in "al-Tahdhīb" that Usāmah ibn Zayd al-Laythī is the one who narrated from him. Thus, al-Haythamī's criticism of the ḥadīth with ibn Aslam was removed. And Allāh knows best.

"May Allāh curse the scorpion, it does not spare a praying person or anyone else, so kill it in the ḥill and the ḥaram." It was narrated by Ibn Mājah (1246) and Ibn ʿAdī (68/1) from al-Ḥakam ibn ʿAbd al-Malik from Qatādah from Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyib from ʿĀʾishah, who said: The Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) was stung by a scorpion while he was praying, and he said: and mentioned it. Ibn ʿAdī said: "I do not know it except from the ḥadīth of al-Ḥakam from Qatādah, and Ibn Maʿīn said he is weak." I say: However, al-Ḥakam is not the only one who narrated it, as Ibn Khuzaymah narrated it in his "Ṣaḥīḥ" from Muḥammad ibn Bashshār from Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar from Shuʿbah from Qatādah with it. The ḥadīth has a strong corroborating narration from ʿAlī (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu), and it includes an explanation of the reason for its occurrence, which is: "May Allāh curse the scorpion, it does not spare a praying person or anyone else. Then he called for water and salt and began to rub it and recite *Say, 'O disbelievers'* and *Say, 'I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak'* and *Say, 'I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind'*."