- "Indeed, Allāh looks upon His creation on the night of mid-Shaʿbān and forgives all of them except for a polytheist or one harboring enmity." It was recorded by Ibn Mājah (1/422) through the route of Ibn Lahīʿah from al-Ḍaḥḥāk ibn Ayman from al-Ḍaḥḥāk ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿArzab from Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī from the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) who said it, and he mentioned it. I say: This isnād is weak due to the weakness of Ibn Lahīʿah, and his teacher al-Ḍaḥḥāk ibn Ayman is unknown, as stated in "Taqrīb." Al-Sindī criticized it by stating that Ibn ʿArzab did not meet Abū Mūsá. This was mentioned by al-Mundhirī. I say: Criticizing the isnād for the reasons we mentioned is more appropriate than criticizing it for discontinuity because I did not find anyone else claiming this besides al-Mundhirī, and it is not mentioned in "Tahdhīb" that Ibn ʿArzab did not meet Abū Mūsá; rather, it is mentioned that he narrated from him. And he remained silent, which indicates that his narration from him is connected, so the defect is as we mentioned, and Allāh knows best. Then I reconsidered and said: Perhaps al-Mundhirī's basis for claiming discontinuity is the other narration with Ibn Mājah and Ibn Abī ʿĀṣim in "al-Sunnah" (no. 510 - my verification) through the route of Ibn Lahīʿah from al-Zubayr ibn Sulaym from al-Ḍaḥḥāk ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān from his father who said: I heard Abū Mūsá from the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) similar to it. This indicates the weakness of Ibn Lahīʿah and his lack of precision, as he was inconsistent in narrating this ḥadīth in four ways, two of which are mentioned here. The third: He said: Ḥayyī ibn ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us from Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ḥubulī from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr in a marfūʿ form, except that he said: "Except for two: one harboring enmity and a murderer."