that he went out with the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) to the prayer place and found people buying and selling, so he mentioned it. This has been narrated by al-Tirmidhī, Ibn Ḥibbān, and al-Ḥākim, and they authenticated it, but there is some obscurity regarding this Ismāʿīl, as I have clarified in "Aḥādīth al-Buyūʿ," and then in "al-Taʿlīq al-Raghīb" (3/29). When I came across this chain of al-Barāʾ, I hastened to extract it to strengthen the ḥadīth. All praise is due to Allāh for His guidance, and thus I included it in "Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb wa-al-Tarhīb" (16/12) after I had recorded it in "al-Mishkāt" (2799), so let this authentication be transferred there.

"Consult women about themselves." He said, "The virgin is shy, O Messenger of Allāh." He said, "The previously married woman expresses herself with her tongue; the virgin's consent is her silence." It was narrated (4/192) from al-Layth ibn Saʿd who said: ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Ḥusayn al-Makkī narrated to me from ʿAlī ibn ʿAdī al-Kindī from his father in a marfūʿ form. This isnād is authentic, its men are trustworthy, the men of the six, except for ʿAdī ibn ʿAdī, who is a trustworthy jurist as mentioned in "al-Taqrīb." It has a corroborating narration from Ibn ʿUmar, which explains the reason for the ḥadīth's occurrence and its wording: Ibn ʿUmar said to ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, "Propose to the daughter of Ṣāliḥ." He said, "He has orphans and would not prefer us over them." So ʿAbd Allāh went to his uncle Zayd ibn al-Khaṭṭāb to propose. Zayd went to Ṣāliḥ and said, "ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar sent me to you to propose to your daughter." He said, "I have orphans and I would not prefer my flesh over yours. I bear witness that I have married her to so-and-so." The mother’s inclination was towards ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar, so she came to the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) and said, "O Prophet of Allāh, ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar proposed to my daughter, but her father married her to an orphan in his care without consulting her." The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) sent for Ṣāliḥ and said, "You married your daughter without consulting her?" He said, "Yes," so he said, "Consult women about themselves."