and any man who performs ablution intending to pray, and completes the ablution thoroughly, will be free from every sin or mistake. If he stands for prayer, Allāh will elevate him by a degree, and if he sits, he will sit in safety. It was recorded by Aḥmad (4/386) through the route of ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd who narrated to me from Shahr, who narrated to me from Abū Ṭayyibah that Shuraḥbīl ibn al-Simṭ invited ʿAmr ibn ʿAbasah al-Sulamī and said: O son of ʿAbasah, will you narrate to me a ḥadīth you heard from the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) without any addition or falsehood, and not narrate to me from another who heard it from him besides you? He said: Yes, I heard the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) say: and he mentioned it. I said: This isnād is acceptable for supporting evidence, its men are trustworthy except for Shahr ibn Ḥawshab, who has poor memory, especially since Imām Aḥmad said: "There is no harm in the ḥadīth of ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn Bahram from Shahr." I have found the ḥadīth dispersed through other routes except for its last part, for which I have not found a corroborator from the ḥadīth of ʿAmr ibn ʿAbasah, but rather from the ḥadīth of Abū Umāmah. Here is a clarification of those corroborations according to the numbered sections: 1-3 It was corroborated by Sulaym ibn ʿAmr that Shuraḥbīl ibn al-Simṭ said to ʿAmr ibn ʿAbasah: Narrate to us a ḥadīth without addition or forgetfulness. ʿAmr said: I heard the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam): and he mentioned the three sections in a mixed order. It was recorded by al-Ṭaḥāwī in "al-Mushkil" (1/310) and Aḥmad (4/113) and its isnād is authentic, and al-Mundhirī attributed it (2/171) to al-Nasāʾī with an authentic isnād and it has another isnād from the route of al-Ṣanābīḥī from ʿAmr. It was narrated by Aḥmad and in it is a man who is not named. 4 It was corroborated by Sālim ibn Abī al-Jaʿd from Maʿdān ibn Abī Ṭalḥah from Abū Najīḥ al-Sulamī who said: and he mentioned it raised similarly with the first three sections. It was recorded by Aḥmad (4/113) with an authentic chain as well, and Ibn Ḥibbān (1645) has the first section with the wording: "Whoever reaches with an arrow in the way of Allāh, it is a degree for him in Paradise." It is also with Aḥmad and he added: "Whoever shoots an arrow in the way of Allāh, it is equivalent to freeing a slave." Then I saw with Ibn Ḥibbān (1208) this fourth section and the third as well. It was also narrated by al-Ṭaḥāwī in "al-Mushkil" (1/312). 5 It was corroborated by al-Faraj: narrated to us Luqmān from Abū Umāmah from ʿAmr ibn ʿAbasah al-Sulamī, raised similarly with the wording: "Whoever has three children born to him in Islam, and they die before reaching the age of responsibility, Allāh will admit him to Paradise by His mercy towards them, and whoever grows old..." the ḥadīth, and it includes the first three sections