indicating that what prevents the one standing from sitting for the tashahhud is only if he has fully stood up. However, if he has not fully stood, he must sit. This nullifies the statement found in some schools of thought that if he is closer to standing, he should not return. And if he is closer to sitting, he should sit. This distinction, despite having no basis in the sunnah, contradicts the ḥadīth. So, adhere to it firmly and disregard the opinions of men, for when the tradition is established, reasoning is nullified, and when the river of Allāh flows, the river of Maʿqil is nullified.

- "The beast will emerge and mark the people on their noses, then they will live among you until a man buys a camel, and he will say: From whom did you buy it? He will say: I bought it from one of the marked ones." It was recorded by Aḥmad (5/268), al-Bukhārī in "al-Tārīkh al-Kabīr" (3/2/172), al-Baghawī in "Ḥadīth ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd" (172/2), and Abū Nuʿaym in "Akhbār Aṣbahān" (2/124) from the routes of ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī Salamah al-Mājishūn from ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAṭiyyah ibn Dalāf al-Muzanī from Abū Umāmah, raising it to the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam). I say: This isnād is authentic; all its narrators are trustworthy and well-known except for this ʿUmar, whom Ibn Abī Ḥātim mentioned, saying (3/1/121): "He narrated from Abū Umāmah and his father, and Mālik, ʿUbayd Allāh al-ʿAmrī, Quraysh ibn Ḥayyān, and ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī Salamah narrated from him." He did not mention any criticism or endorsement. However, Mālik's narration from him is an endorsement, for Ibn Maʿīn said: "Everyone from whom Mālik narrated is trustworthy except ʿAbd al-Karīm." Ibn Ḥibbān also said the same