- "The best women who rode camels are the righteous women of Quraysh, who are most compassionate to their children in their youth and most caring for their husbands with what they have." This is from the ḥadīth of Abū Hurayrah (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) and there are several chains of transmission from him: 1 - From Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah, from Abū al-Zinād, from al-Aʿraj, from him, as a marfūʿ ḥadīth. It is recorded by al-Bukhārī (6/193), Muslim (7/181-182), and Aḥmad (2/393). Shuʿayb also followed him from Abū al-Zinād in al-Bukhārī (6/120). And Muḥammad, who is Ibn ʿAmr, in Aḥmad (2/449). 2 - Also from Sufyān: Ibn Ṭāwūs narrated to us from his father, from Abū Hurayrah. It is recorded by al-Bukhārī (6/193) and Muslim. Maʿmar also followed him from Ibn Ṭāwūs with it. It is recorded by Aḥmad (2/269). 3 - From al-Zuhrī, from Ibn al-Musayyib, from him. It is narrated by al-Bukhārī (4/139) as a muʿallaq ḥadīth, and by Muslim and Aḥmad (2/269 and 275) as a connected ḥadīth, and it includes the reason for the ḥadīth, which is: "The Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) proposed to Umm Hānī bint Abī Ṭālib, and she said: O Messenger of Allāh, I have grown old and have children, so the Prophet ﷺ said: ...". The ḥadīth. 4 - From Maʿmar, from Hammām ibn Munabbih, from him. It is recorded by Muslim and Aḥmad (2/319). 5 - From Suhayl ibn Abī Ṣāliḥ, from his father, from him. It is exclusively recorded by Muslim. 6 - From Ḥammād, from Muḥammad ibn Ziyād, who said: I heard Abū Hurayrah with it. It is exclusively recorded by Aḥmad (2/469) and it is authentic according to the criteria of Muslim. 7 - From Muḥammad, from Abū Salamah, from him. It is also exclusively recorded by Aḥmad (2/502). It is considered good