which is similar to the narration of Mālik: he should have attributed it to him due to his high rank and noted that it is mursal, as is his custom. Then I came across a photocopy of the manuscript "Masāwī al-Akhlāq." I am currently preparing a version and numbering its ḥadīths for verification and publication, Allāh willing. The ḥadīth is therein (number 207) through al-Awzāʿī from al-Muṭṭalib ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥanṭab who said: Backbiting was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam), and he said: "Backbiting is to mention a man with what is in him of his character." He said: We did not think backbiting was anything but to mention him with what is not in him. He said: "That is slander." Thus, it appeared there as (khulqihi) with a qāf, not with a fāʾ as previously mentioned from "al-Zawāʾid," and perhaps it is more appropriate. Furthermore, al-Awzāʿī is a trustworthy, reliable imām, so it is a strong corroboration for al-Walīd, indicating his accuracy.

"Indeed, this journey is an effort and a burden, so if one of you performs the witr prayer, let him pray two rakʿahs. If he wakes up, otherwise they will suffice for him." It was recorded by al-Dārimī (1/374), Ibn Khuzaymah in his "Ṣaḥīḥ" (2/159/1103), and Ibn Ḥibbān (683) through various chains from Ibn Wahb who narrated to me from Muʿāwiyah ibn Ṣāliḥ from Shurayḥ ibn ʿUbayd from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Jubayr ibn Nufayr from his father from Thawbān who said: "We were with the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) on a journey, and he said: " and he mentioned it. Al-Dārimī does not have this explicit sentence indicating that he (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said the ḥadīth during the journey, and therefore he followed up the ḥadīth by saying: "It is said: "this journey" and I say: the sleeplessness"! Consequently, the ḥadīth appeared in his wording as: "this sleeplessness." Two matters refute it: