and its chain of transmission is also authentic according to the criteria of Muslim. For this reason, I do not see it appropriate to categorically state that the reports from ʿĀʾishah and Ibn ʿAbbās are not established. Rather, it should be said that their denial was due to their adherence to their knowledge of washing the feet. Then, when the established reports reached them from others, they reverted to accepting and practicing it. They used to take from one another and trust one another, and thus the knowledge included the "mursal reports of the Companions." Many of the ḥadīths of Abū Hurayrah and Ibn ʿAbbās fall into this category. And why should I go far? Here is Anas ibn Mālik (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu), about whom ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal says: I saw Anas ibn Mālik urinate, then perform ablution, and wipe over his turban and leather socks. It was recorded by Ibn Abī Shaybah (1/183) and al-Bayhaqī (1/289), and their chain of transmission is authentic, and it meets the criteria of the two Shaykhs according to the first. Despite this, when Anas was asked about wiping over the leather socks, he said: Wipe over them. And when he was asked: Did you hear this from the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam)? He said: No, but I heard it from those among our Companions who were not accused [of lying], saying: Wiping over the leather socks, even if one does such and such; he does not allude. It was recorded by Ibn Abī Shaybah (1/182): Ibn ʿUlayyah narrated to us from Yaḥyá ibn Abī Isḥāq: that he heard Anas ibn Mālik being asked... etc. And this chain of transmission is authentic according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs. This... and it is worth noting the statement of Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr in "al-Tamhīd" (11/139):