"we were with the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) during a journey...". It was recorded by al-Shāfiʿī in "al-Sunan" (1/269). Among them is Abū al-Mughīrah, whose name is ʿAbd al-Quddūs ibn al-Ḥajjāj al-Ḥimṣī. It was recorded by Aḥmad (5/194) from him. Thus, these three trustworthy narrators did not mention the phrase "month of Ramaḍān," so their narration is given precedence over the other narration of al-Walīd, as is evident and not hidden. This is further supported by the following matter, which is: second, that ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yazīd ibn Jābir corroborated Saʿīd in narrating the ḥadīth from Ismāʿīl ibn ʿUbayd Allāh in its entirety, but he differed with him on this phrase, saying: "we set out with the Messenger of Allāh on one of our journeys...". It was recorded by al-Bukhārī (3/147), and this ʿAbd al-Raḥmān is more reliable than Saʿīd, so his narration is preferred in case of disagreement, especially if Saʿīd himself agreed with him in most of the narrations from him as previously mentioned. Third, Hishām ibn Saʿd also corroborated him, but he did not mention the phrase in question. It was recorded by Aḥmad (6/444) from Ḥammād ibn Khālid who said: Ḥishām ibn Saʿd narrated to us from ʿUthmān ibn Ḥayyān and Ismāʿīl ibn ʿUbayd Allāh from Umm al-Dardāʾ from Abū al-Dardāʾ with it. Hishām ibn Saʿd is a trustworthy narrator with good ḥadīth, and Muslim used him as evidence, as will be mentioned. Fourth, the ḥadīth came through another route from Umm al-Dardāʾ in which the mentioned phrase did not appear. It was recorded by Muslim (3/145), Ibn Mājah (1/510), al-Bayhaqī (4/245), and Aḥmad (5/194) through routes from Hishām ibn Saʿd from ʿUthmān ibn Ḥayyān al-Dimashqī from Umm al-Dardāʾ with it in the wording: