as I have not found a biography for him, though it might be in "Tārīkh Dimashq" by Ibn ʿAsākir, so it should be consulted (1). In any case, he is one of Ibn Ḥibbān's shaykhs, who are generally trustworthy individuals he knew personally, not following his usual method of authenticating unknown narrators, even according to himself. If he is not among those trustworthy ones, at the very least, he is suitable for supporting evidence and corroborations, and Allāh knows best. The ḥadīth has been reported from Abū Hurayrah with different wordings through various chains, some of which are in "al-Ṣaḥīḥayn," and I have documented them in "al-Irwāʾ" (1787) and "Ṣaḥīḥ Abī Dāwūd" (1868). The ḥadīth provides clear evidence on the prohibition of shaking hands with non-maḥram women, equating it to looking at them, and considering it a form of adultery. Thus, it refutes some Islamic parties who distributed a leaflet permitting people to shake hands with women, disregarding this ḥadīth, let alone other ḥadīths on this subject. Some of these have been mentioned earlier under number (226), and not by the principle of "blocking the means" which is indicated by the Qurʾān and the sunnah, including this authentic ḥadīth. And Allāh is the one whose help is sought.

"A woman should not ask for the divorce of her sister to overturn what is in her dish, for her provision is only from Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic." It was narrated by al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr" (23/253/517): Abū Yaḥyá al-Rāzī narrated to us, Maḥmūd ibn Ghaylān narrated to us, Muʾammal narrated to us from Sufyān from Abū Isḥāq from Abū Salamah from Umm Salamah who said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said: ... and he mentioned it. Al-Haythamī said in "Majmaʿ al-Zawāʾid" (4/333):