16

Cf. Issawi, pp. 66 f.

17

Cf., for instance, al-Bukhari, Sahih, I, 341; Concordance, I, 7b, 11. 5 f. Cf. also p. 306, below.

18

Cf. 2:291 ff., below.

19

Qur'an 3.76 (70); 9.4 (4), 7 (7).

20

Cf. al-Bukhari, Sahih, IV, 373; Concordance, II, 247a, 11. 32 f.; Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib, IV, 150 ff.

21

Cf. al-Bukhari, Sahih, I, 326; Concordance, I, 245b,11. 25 ff.

22

Cf. the references in Handbook, p. 98b.

23

Khuzaymah b. Thabit's testimony was counted by the Prophet as that of two men. Cf. Concordance, III, 198b, 1. 4; al-Bukhari, Ta'rikh, III, 188; Ibn Sa'd, Tabaqat, ed. E. Sachau et al. (Leiden, 1905-40), IV 2, 90 ff.; Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib, III, 140.

24

The sacrificial animal should be slaughtered after prayer, but in the case of Abu Burdah Hini' b. Niyir, the animal he had slaughtered previously was accounted a valid sacrifice by the Prophet. This, however, is stated not to be a precedent. Cf. al-Bukhari, Sahih, IV, 21; Concordance, I, 3296, 11, 52 ff.