"al-Dalāʾil") through al-Ḥākim, then he remained silent about it, and that was due to the supporting evidences we mentioned earlier. I only mentioned the ḥadīth because of what it contains regarding the reason Abū Bakr was named "al-Ṣiddīq." Otherwise, the rest of it is widely transmitted and authentic from multiple Companions, many of which were thoroughly documented by al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Kathīr at the beginning of his tafsīr of Sūrah "al-Isrāʾ." Let us mention here the supporting evidences for this addition. I say: The first is from Shaddād ibn Aws, raised [to the Prophet], with the wording: "I prayed with my companions the night prayer in Mecca while wearing a turban, and Gabriel (peace be upon him) came to me with a white or he said: a white animal... (the ḥadīth includes:) Abū Bakr said: I testify that you are the Messenger of Allāh, and the polytheists said: Look at the son of Abū Kabshah claiming he came to the House of the Holy [Jerusalem] tonight!... the ḥadīth. It was recorded by Ibn Abī Ḥātim and al-Bayhaqī, who said: "This is a sound isnād." The second: from Ibn Shihāb from Abū Salamah ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān in the story of the Isrāʾ, he said: "Some people from Quraysh prepared themselves—or a similar word—to go to Abū Bakr, and they said: Do you have anything to say about your companion claiming he came to the House of the Holy [Jerusalem] and then returned to Mecca in one night? Abū Bakr said: Did he say that? They said: Yes. He said: I testify that if he said that, he has spoken the truth. They said: Do you believe he could go to the Levant in one night and then return to Mecca before morning? He said: Yes, I believe him in matters even more distant than that; I believe him in the news from the heavens. Abū Salamah said: Abū Bakr was named al-Ṣiddīq." I said: And this is a sound mursal isnād, and a strong supporting evidence for the connected report of ʿĀʾishah. The third: from Abū Maʿshar who said: Abū Wahb, the freed slave of Abū Hurayrah, informed us: