the delay of his community; because he was protected from change, unlike us. Then they delayed him until they all prayed over him inside his house, which prolonged the matter. They also spent half the day in uncertainty about his death until Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq arrived from al-Sanḥ. This was the reason for the delay." (Note): This ḥadīth of ʿĀʾishah is from the narration of Aḥmad; it is according to the conditions of al-Haythamī in "Majmaʿ al-Zawāʾid," but he did not include it there. There are similar ḥadīths from Zayd ibn Khālid, Ṣuhayb ibn al-Nuʿmān, and al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, all of which he included there (4/247). Al-Suyūṭī mentioned it in "al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr" from the narration of Aḥmad and Ibn Naṣr in "Kitāb al-Ṣalāh," and al-Manāwī attributed it in "al-Jāmiʿ al-Azhar" to Aḥmad; adding: "with a good isnād."

"Fear Allāh regarding the Copts of Egypt; for you will conquer them, and they will be a source of strength and support for you in the way of Allāh." It was recorded by al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Kabīr" (23/265/561). He said: Zakariyyā ibn Yaḥyā al-Sājī narrated to us: Bundār narrated to us. Ḥadathnā Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-Narsi: Muḥammad ibn al-Muthannā narrated to us. They said: Wahb ibn Jarīr narrated to us: My father narrated to me from Yaḥyā ibn Ayyūb from Yazīd ibn Abī Ḥabīb from Abū Salamah from Umm Salamah: that the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) advised at his death and said... and he mentioned it. I said: And this isnād is authentic; I do not know of any defect in it, for all its narrators are trustworthy, the narrators of the two Shaykhs, except for the two Shaykhs of al-Ṭabarānī. The first of them is Zakariyyā al-Sājī; he is a trustworthy ḥāfiẓ, mentioned in "Tadhkirat al-Ḥuffāẓ," and in "al-Mīzān" it is said: "One of the reliable ones, I have not known any criticism of him at all." And his Shaykh "Bundār," his name is Muḥammad ibn Bashār Abū Bakr, and he was followed by Muḥammad ibn al-Muthannā,