the thigh. The more correct expression is to say: (al-nasā) not (ʿirq al-nasā)! In "al-Muʿjam al-Wasīṭ" it is stated: "al-nasā: the sciatic nerve. It is a nerve that extends from the hip to the ankle."

"I witnessed the alliance of the Perfumed Ones with my uncles while I was a boy, and I would not like to have red camels in exchange for breaking it." It was recorded by al-Bukhārī in "al-Adab al-Mufrad" (567), Ibn Ḥibbān (2062), al-Ḥākim (2/220), Aḥmad (1/190 and 193), and al-Ṭabarī in "al-Tafsīr" (9296), and Ibn ʿAdī (233/2) through various chains from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Isḥāq from al-Zuhrī from Muḥammad ibn Jubayr ibn Muṭʿim from his father from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf that the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said: and he mentioned it. Al-Ḥākim said: "Its isnād is authentic." Al-Dhahabī agreed with him. Ibn ʿAdī said: "ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Isḥāq - who is ʿAbbād ibn Isḥāq al-Madanī - in some of his ḥadīths there are things that are rejected and not followed up on, but he is reliable in ḥadīth as Ibn Ḥanbal said." I say: He is trustworthy among the men of Muslim as stated in "al-Taqrīb." Then Ibn Ḥibbān (2063) produced a supporting narration from ʿUmar ibn Abī Salamah from his father from Abū Hurayrah, raised to the Prophet, with a similar meaning, and added: "He said: and the Perfumed Ones were: Hāshim, Umayyah, Zuhrah, and Makhzūm." I say: Its chain is acceptable for supporting narrations. (The alliance of the Perfumed Ones). It was said in "al-Nihāyah": "The Banū Hāshim, Banū Zuhrah, and Taym gathered in the house of Ibn Judʿān in the pre-Islamic period and placed perfume in a bowl, dipped their hands in it, and pledged mutual support and to assist the oppressed against the oppressor, thus they were called the Perfumed Ones."