and al-Haythamī criticized it solely due to Abū Bakr, saying: "A follower, I do not know him, and the rest of the narrators are trustworthy." It seems he is indicating a weakness in Abū Maʿshar due to his memory, and his name is Najīḥ. 5 - As for the ḥadīth of Wahshī, it is narrated by Wahshī ibn Ḥarb ibn Wahshī from his father from his grandfather with the wording: "Return the greeting, lower your gaze, guide the blind, and help the oppressed." It was also recorded by al-Ṭabarānī (22/138/367). Al-Haythamī said: "Its narrators are trustworthy, though some of them have weaknesses." I say: Ḥarb ibn Wahshī was not deemed trustworthy by anyone other than Ibn Ḥibbān (4/173), and he is unknown as I have clarified in "Taysīr al-Intifāʿ." Be aware that these ḥadīths contain a valuable collection of important Islamic etiquettes regarding sitting in pathways and courtyards, which Muslims should pay attention to, especially those that are obligatory, such as lowering the gaze from women, as commanded in many other ḥadīths, and in the words of our Lord: *"Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and guard their private parts; that is purer for them. Indeed, Allāh is Acquainted with what they do"* (Sūrah al-Nūr, 30). So if this divine command was directed directly to that first, purest, and most enlightened generation, and at that time, nothing could be seen of women except the face and hands of some of them, as..