the additions 1- End of ḥadīth (32), and end of the second benefit: Then I saw a good discussion by one of our brothers in Mecca - may Allāh bless him - who supported this evident sunnah in his treatise which he gifted to me: "Additions to Some Issues of Prayer" (pp. 41-42). Review it, and you will gain more knowledge and benefit, if Allāh wills. 2- End of ḥadīth (36): Then it became clear to me that Ibn al-Qaṭṭān's authentication of the ḥadīth from the first path from Ibn ʿAbbās is flawed due to irregularity, and similarly the third path from him, as the mention of the phrase about the ears in it is also irregular. I benefited from this through the investigation conducted by the virtuous brother Mashhūr Ḥasan in his commentary on the book "al-Khilāfiyyāt" by al-Bayhaqī (1/366-393). May Allāh facilitate its complete publication and benefit its readers by His grace and generosity. However, I wished that the virtuous brother would provide his readers with a beneficial summary after that strenuous effort and intense labor in tracing the paths of the ḥadīth, which is to clarify the status of the ḥadīth, as it is the essence of the analysis. It is established in the science of terminology that a weak ḥadīth is strengthened by multiple paths under the known condition there. So the question that presents itself now - as it is said in this age - is: Does the ḥadīth remain weak as indicated by the individual paths and as suggested by the actions of Imām al-Dāraqutnī and al-Bayhaqī, or do the combined paths elevate it from weakness and raise it to the level of being used as evidence, even if at the level of ḥadīth ḥasan li-ghayrih at least?