however, there is another chain for the ḥadīth, narrated by Shaybān from Yaḥyá ibn Abī Kathīr from Ḥayyah who reported it from his father from Abū Hurayrah with a similar wording. It was also recorded by Aḥmad (5/70), and in its isnād, there is some obscurity and confusion, which I have clarified in "al-Ḍaʿīfah" (4804). In "al-Ṣaḥīḥayn" and "al-Musnad" (2/266), there is another chain from Abū Hurayrah who said: I heard the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) say: "There is no omen, but the best of it is optimism." It was said: O Messenger of Allāh, what is optimism? He said: "A good word that one of you hears." There is also supporting evidence for this from the ḥadīth of Anas with the two Shaykhs, its reference was previously mentioned as number (786). As for the phrase "the evil eye is true," it is widespread if not mutawātir, and many good routes for it have been previously referenced, see the ḥadīths (781 and 1248-1251). The first phrase has supporting evidence narrated by Ibn al-Sunnī in "ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-al-Laylah" (97/288) with a ṣaḥīḥ isnād from al-Aʿmash from Ḥabīb ibn Abī Thābit from ʿUqbah ibn ʿĀmir al-Juhanī who said: The Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) was asked about omens? He said: "The truest of them is optimism, and it does not repel a Muslim..." the ḥadīth. Ḥabīb ibn Abī Thābit is a mudallis, and similarly is al-Aʿmash, but Sufyān followed him from Ḥabīb, but he said: from ʿUrwah ibn ʿĀmir. It was recorded by Abū Dāwūd (3919) and al-Bayhaqī (8/139). I said: ʿUrwah ibn ʿĀmir is al-Qurashī, and it is said al-Juhanī al-Makkī, and there is a difference of opinion regarding