the wishers wish, then I said: Allāh refuses and the believers prevent, or Allāh prevents and the believers refuse." It was recorded by al-Bukhārī (4/46-47, 405-406). A fourth path. It is narrated by ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAbd Allāh from her, she said: "When the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) fell ill in the house of Maymūnah... he said - while in the house of Maymūnah to ʿAbd Allāh ibn Zamʿah: Order the people to pray, so he met ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb and said: O ʿUmar, lead the people in prayer. So he led them, and the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) heard his voice and recognized it as he had a loud voice, so the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said: Is this not the voice of ʿUmar? They said yes, he said: Allāh refuses that and the believers, order Abū Bakr to lead the people in prayer, ʿĀʾishah said: O Messenger of Allāh, Abū Bakr is a tender-hearted man who cannot hold back his tears..." the ḥadīth. It was recorded by Aḥmad (6/34) from the path of Maʿmar from al-Zuhrī from him. And this is a sound chain according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Isḥāq disagreed and said: from Ibn Shihāb from ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUtbah that ʿAbd Allāh ibn Zamʿah informed him of this report. It was recorded by Abū Dāwūd (4661). So he made it from the Musnad of Ibn Zamʿah and perhaps this is correct, for Ibn Isḥāq said: al-Zuhrī narrated to me, ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Abī Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Hishām narrated to me from his father from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Zamʿah, he said: he mentioned something similar and added after saying: "Allāh refuses that and the Muslims:" So he sent for Abū Bakr, who came after ʿUmar had led that prayer, and he led the people in prayer." It was recorded by Abū Dāwūd (4660) and the context is his, and Aḥmad (4/322). And this is a good chain.