whether a man or a woman. He said: and he mentioned it. I said: And this isnād is authentic according to the criteria of Muslim.

- "His pillow on which he slept at night was made of leather stuffed with palm fibers." It was recorded by Abū Dāwūd (no. 4146), al-Tirmidhī (1/326-327) and in "al-Shamāʾil" (p. 188), Abū al-Shaykh in "Akhlaq al-Nabī ﷺ" (p. 166), and Aḥmad in "Musnad" (6/48) through various chains from Hishām ibn ʿUrwah from his father from her with it. Al-Tirmidhī said: "A ḥadīth that is ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ." I said: And it is authentic according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs, and al-Bukhārī also recorded it in abbreviated form (4/221), as did Ibn Mājah (4151), and it is a narration for Abū Dāwūd (4147), Abū al-Shaykh, and Aḥmad (6/56, 73, 108, 207, 212).

- "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was never seen eating while reclining, nor did two men ever walk behind him." It was recorded by Abū Dāwūd (2/140), Aḥmad (2/165 and 167), Ibn Saʿd (1/380), and Abū al-Shaykh in "Akhlaq al-Nabī ﷺ" (p. 213) from Ḥammād ibn Salamah from Thābit al-Bunānī from Shuʿayb ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr from his father. He said: and he mentioned it. In a narration by Aḥmad: "I never saw the Messenger of Allāh..." I said: And this isnād is good, for Shuʿayb here is the grandson of ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ, and his father's name is Muḥammad, as it was narrated by Sulaymān ibn al-Mughīrah who reported from Thābit al-Bunānī from Shuʿayb ibn Muḥammad ibn