(Note) al-Munāwī said: "The command in the ḥadīth is for guidance, because wearing them while sitting is easier and more feasible. From this, al-Ṭībī and others deduced that the prohibition is specific to wearing them while standing if it is burdensome, such as with sandals and boots, but not with clogs and slippers." And Allāh, the Exalted, knows best the wisdom behind His legislation and prohibitions.

"He used to frequently oil his head and comb his beard with water." Narrated by Ibn al-Aʿrābī in "al-Muʿjam" (59/1): Muḥammad (meaning Ibn Hārūn) informed us, Muslim ibn Ibrāhīm informed us, Mubashshir ibn Muksir informed us from Abū Ḥāzim from Sahl ibn Saʿd in a marfūʿ form. I said: This is a good isnād; its narrators are trustworthy except for Muḥammad ibn Hārūn, who is Ibn ʿĪsá Abū Bakr al-Azdī al-Razzāz. Al-Khaṭīb mentioned him (3/354) and said: "Abū al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿUqdah and others narrated correct ḥadīths from him, and al-Dāraquṭnī said: He is not strong." As for Mubashshir ibn Muksir, Ibn Maʿīn said: He is acceptable. Ibn Abī Ḥātim reported from his father: There is no harm in him. The rest of the narrators are those of the two Shaykhs [al-Bukhārī and Muslim]. The ḥadīth is attributed in "al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr" to al-Bayhaqī in "Shuʿab al-Īmān" from Sahl ibn Saʿd. Al-Munāwī said: "And likewise al-Tirmidhī in al-Shamāʾil." I said: This is an error, for it is not in "al-Shamāʾil" from the ḥadīth of Sahl, but rather from the ḥadīth of Anas ibn Mālik as I have extracted it in "al-Mishkāt" (4445) and clarified there that its isnād is weak,