thus the ḥadīth is authentic, and all praise is due to Allāh for His guidance. The ḥadīth also has a corroborating narration from Abū Hurayrah, reported as a marfūʿ ḥadīth. Similarly, there is a narration from Abū Qatādah. The isnād of the first is good, as I have clarified in "Takhrīj al-Mishkāt" (2347). Then I found other corroborators for it; al-Ṭabarānī narrated it in "al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr" (1679) through the route of Ṣāliḥ ibn Ḥātim ibn Wardān and Huraym ibn ʿAbd al-Aʿlá, who said: Muʿtamir ibn Sulaymān narrated it to us. Then he also extracted it (1680) through the route of Ḥammād ibn Salamah: Abū ʿImrān narrated it to us. This is another strong corroboration from Ḥammād for Sulaymān, and the isnād is also authentic according to the criteria of Muslim. His saying: (yataʾallá) means he swears an oath. And (al-alīyah) in the pattern of (ghaniyah) means an oath. al-Nawawī said: "In the ḥadīth is evidence for the view of Ahl al-Sunnah regarding the forgiveness of sins without repentance if Allāh wills to forgive them." I say: And in it is clear evidence that swearing an oath against Allāh nullifies deeds, just like disbelief, abandoning the ʿAṣr prayer, and similar acts. See the commentary in my book "Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb wa-al-Tarhīb" (1/192), and the first volume of it has been published, all praise is due to Allāh. I hope that Allāh facilitates the publication and circulation of its completion soon, if Allāh wills.

"The food of one person is sufficient for two, and the food of two is sufficient for three or four, and the food of four is sufficient for five or six." It was narrated by Ibn Mājah (3255) through the route of ʿAmr ibn Dīnār, the steward of the family of al-Zubayr, who said: I heard Sālim ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar from his father from his grandfather ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, reported as a marfūʿ ḥadīth