"weak." The ḥāfiẓ explained its reason in "Taqrīb" by saying: "They criticized him for narrating from his father without hearing." However, he provided an important benefit in "Tahdhīb" by saying: "Abū Dāwūd narrated from Muḥammad ibn ʿAwf from him from his father several ḥadīths, but they believe (original: they narrate) that Muḥammad ibn ʿAwf saw them in Ismāʿīl's original." I said: If this is authentic, then the narration of Ibn ʿAwf from him is strong because it is supported by its agreement with what Ibn ʿAwf found in Ismāʿīl's original, and it is a recognized finding, as is not hidden from the skilled. In summary, the ḥadīth with this witness is ḥasan. And Allāh knows best. Tamām narrated in "al-Fawāʾid" (5/2) and from him, Ibn ʿAsākir in "al-Tārīkh" (4/280/2) from ʿAmmār ibn Maṭar: Mālik ibn Anas narrated to us from ʿUmārah ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṣiyād from Nāfiʿ ibn Jubayr ibn Muṭʿim from his father, raised [to the Prophet] regarding the verse: *"By the witness and the witnessed"* (Sūrah al-Burūj, verse 3): "The witness is the day of Friday, and the witnessed is the day of ʿArafah." But ʿAmmār ibn Maṭar, al-Dhahabī said: "ruined, some considered him trustworthy, and some described him as having good memory." So he is not used as evidence due to his severe weakness. What has been presented is sufficient without him.

- "The best thing I and the prophets have said on the evening of ʿArafah is: There is no deity but Allāh alone, He has no partner, to Him belongs the dominion and to Him is due all praise, and He is over all things competent."