ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Ṣuhayb from Anas that the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) had a cloth or a piece of fabric, and when he performed ablution, he wiped his face with it? He said: It was in Qaṭīnah, and Ibn ʿUlayyah took it, so I do not narrate it. al-Bayhaqī said: "And if ʿAbd al-Wārith had narrated it from ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz from Anas, it would have been a sound isnād, but he refrained from narrating it, and it is possible that he only had it with the first isnād. And Allāh knows best." And the ḥadīth of ʿAbd al-Wārith from ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz was mentioned by Ibn Abī Ḥātim in "al-ʿIlal" (1/19) and he criticized it for being mawqūf, saying: "My father said: I saw in some narrations from ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz that Anas ibn Mālik had a piece of fabric. And mawqūf is more likely, and it cannot be considered musnad." And there is a supporting narration from the route of Rushdīn ibn Saʿd from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ziyād ibn Anʿam from ʿUtbah ibn Ḥumayd from ʿUbādah ibn al-Nasī from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ghanm from Muʿādh ibn Jabal who said: "I saw the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) when he performed ablution, he wiped his face with the edge of his garment." It was recorded by al-Tirmidhī (1/75-76) and al-Bayhaqī (1/236) who said: "And its isnād is not strong." And al-Tirmidhī explained its defect, saying: "It is a strange ḥadīth and its isnād is weak, and Rushdīn ibn Saʿd and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ziyād ibn Anʿam al-Ifriqī are weakened in ḥadīth." I said: Their weakness is due to their memory, not due to any accusation against them, so their ḥadīth can be used as supporting evidence. Thus, the ḥadīth is ḥasan to me when considering all its routes, and Shaykh Aḥmad Shākir was incorrect in authenticating the isnād of ʿĀʾishah's ḥadīth, as he agreed with al-Ḥākim that Abū Muʿādh is al-Fuḍayl ibn Maysarah, and I have recognized his mistake in that, as well as in considering the ḥadīth of Muʿādh ibn Jabal as ḥasan, contrary to al-Tirmidhī and al-Bayhaqī, which is an uncommendable leniency. And Allāh knows best.