the two Shaykhs; however, al-Bukhārī only narrated from Abū Ḥassān—who is al-Aʿraj—in a suspended form, and his name is Muslim ibn ʿAbd Allāh. Ibn Khuzaymah authenticated it, as mentioned by al-Ḥāfiẓ in "al-Fatḥ" (1/213) and he concurred. From what we have mentioned regarding the takhrīj, you learn the error of al-Ḥākim in his statement about the ḥadīth of Abū Hilāl: "Its isnād is ṣaḥīḥ"! Even though al-Dhahabī agreed with him! Similarly, al-Haythamī; for he said (1/191): "It was narrated by al-Bazzār, Aḥmad, and al-Ṭabarānī in 'al-Kabīr', and its isnād is ṣaḥīḥ." This is an error due to what has been previously explained; unless he intends the isnād of Aḥmad from Hishām, which is very far from what is known of his style, especially since Abū Dāwūd also narrated it, so it is not from the conditions of "al-Majmaʿ"! And his statement in another place (8/264): "It was narrated by Aḥmad, and its isnād is ḥasan." may be correct; if not for the contradiction of Abū Hilāl with Hishām al-Dastawāʾī. Know that staying up late at night—engaging in conversation—is prohibited except in what is narrated from him (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam), and thus I have translated for its permissibility in the knowledge of this ḥadīth. Therefore, what the majority of people today engage in, staying up late watching television and the like, is among the tribulations that have afflicted the Islamic world in the present era. We ask Allāh for safety from all tribulations, those that are apparent and those that are hidden; indeed, He is All-Hearing, Responsive. Among those ḥadīths I referred to is his (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) saying: "There is no staying up late except for one who is praying or traveling."