verified by the esteemed brother ʿAbd al-Bārī al-Salafī), and they gave as an example the ḥadīth of Anas: "Bilāl was commanded to make the adhān in pairs and the iqāmah in odd numbers." Agreed upon, and it is recorded in "Ṣaḥīḥ Abū Dāwūd" (525). Rather, al-Nawawī said in his commentary on "Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim": "And his saying: 'He was commanded' is with the ḍammah on the hamzah and the kasrah on the mīm; meaning: the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) commanded him. This is the correct view held by the majority of scholars from the jurists, the scholars of uṣūl, and all the muḥaddithīn, though some deviated by saying: this wording and its like are mawqūf; due to the possibility that the one commanding was not the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam). This is incorrect, and the correct view is that it is marfūʿ; because such a statement inherently refers to the one who gives commands and prohibitions, who is the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam)." I say: the statement of Abū Ḥumayd: "He commanded" is like the statement of Anas with no difference, thus it is considered marfūʿ. Even more explicit is the narration of Ibn Ḥibbān (1267) with the wording: "We were only commanded..."

(I do not think that so-and-so and so-and-so know anything about our religion [that we are upon]) Recorded by al-Bukhārī (6067 and 6068) through the route of Saʿīd ibn ʿUfair—and the context is his—and Yaḥyá ibn Bukayr—and the addition is his—both said: al-Layth narrated to us from ʿUqayl from Ibn Shihāb from ʿUrwah from ʿĀʾishah who said ... and mentioned it. Ibn ʿUfair added: "al-Layth said: they were two hypocrite men." Yaḥyá added at the beginning: The Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) entered upon me one day and said ... and mentioned it