the Prophet with (Joshua) ascribed to Kaʿb, while in the first narration it is attributed to the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam). It also includes naming the city as (Jericho), whereas in the first narration it is [referred to as] Jerusalem, and this is correct. It is strange that the scholar Ibn Ḥajar overlooked this, as he says in his interpretation of the "village" mentioned in the narration of "the two Ṣaḥīḥs": "It is Jericho, with the hamzah open and the rāʾ broken, followed by a silent yāʾ and neglected with brevity, named by al-Ḥākim in his narration from Kaʿb." He overlooked what we mentioned about it being named "Jerusalem" in the elevated ḥadīth, even though he mentioned it shortly before in his book and authenticated it as I quoted from him earlier. The scholar Ibn Kathīr was aware of this, as after he quoted from the People of the Book that the stopping of the sun for Joshua occurred during the conquest of (Jericho), he said (1/323): "There is doubt in this, and it is more likely—Allāh knows best—that this was during the conquest of Jerusalem, which is the greater objective, and the conquest of (Jericho) was a means to it." He then supported this with the first narration of the ḥadīth, and then said after citing it from the path of Aḥmad alone: "Aḥmad is unique in this aspect, and it is according to the criteria of al-Bukhārī. It indicates that the one who conquered Jerusalem was Joshua son of Nun (peace be upon him), not Moses, and that the stopping of the sun..