and this is a sound isnād; all its narrators are trustworthy. Qubāth was followed by Mūsá ibn ʿUlayy ibn Rabāḥ from his father with it, without the story. It was extracted by Ibn Abī Shaybah (10/477), and from him by Ibn Ḥibbān (1788- Mawārid), Aḥmad (4/164), Ibn Naṣr in "Qiyām al-Layl" (p. 56), al-Ruwayānī in "Musnad" (q 45/2), and also al-Ṭabarānī (801) through the route of Ibn Abī Shaybah. Al-Haythamī said (7/169): "It was narrated by Aḥmad and al-Ṭabarānī, and the men of Aḥmad are the men of the ṣaḥīḥ." I say: In this ḥadīth, there is fiqh: the legitimacy of greeting someone who is sitting and reciting the Quran, thus refuting those who say it is disliked. This, being merely an opinion, contradicts this ḥadīth and the general statement of the Prophet ﷺ: "Spread peace among you." And if it is established that the Prophet ﷺ approved of the Companions when they greeted him while he was praying in the mosque of Qubāʾ, and he responded to them with a gesture of his noble hand; then it is even more appropriate to legislate greeting someone reciting the Quran outside of prayer, and the response should then be verbal, not a gesture, as is clear to those of understanding. This is the view of al-Nawawī—may Allāh have mercy on him. I have extracted the ḥadīth of approval mentioned in "Ṣaḥīḥ Abū Dāwūd" under number (860), and earlier in this book under number (186), and I mentioned the practice of Aḥmad, Isḥāq, and Ibn al-ʿArabī regarding it. I have addressed the greeting of the reciter and the muezzin, and I referred to this ḥadīth, but I was not able to extract it there. Now, by the grace of Allāh, I have been able to extract it; and "for every term there is a decree." Allāh is the bestower of success.