thirdly: limiting the criticism to the weakening of Yazīd shows clear leniency; for the man is in a worse condition; al-Nasāʾī and others have abandoned him. Al-Ḥāfiẓ said in "al-Taqrīb": "Mālik and others declared him a liar."

(When he was troubled by a matter, he would say: O Ever-Living, O Sustainer! By Your mercy, I seek help). It was recorded by al-Tirmidhī (9/185/3524) and Ibn al-Sunnī in "ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-al-Laylah" (109/332) - with this wording - through the route of Yazīd al-Raqāshī from Anas ibn Mālik who said: ... and he mentioned it. Al-Tirmidhī said: "This ḥadīth is gharīb." I say: Its defect is this Yazīd - who is Ibn Abān - and he is weak as mentioned in "al-Kāshif" and "al-Taqrīb," despite his piety and worship. However, it has a corroborating narration from the ḥadīth of ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd who said: When the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) was afflicted by worry or distress, he would say: ... and he mentioned it. It was recorded by al-Ḥākim in "al-Mustadrak" (1/509), and through his route by al-Bayhaqī in "al-Daʿawāt al-Kabīr" (127/170), through the route of al-Naḍr ibn Ismāʿīl al-Bajalī: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Isḥāq narrated to us: al-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān narrated to us from his father from him. Al-Ḥākim said: "The isnād is authentic." Al-Dhahabī refuted it by saying: "I say: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān did not hear from his father, and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān and those after him are not reliable authorities."