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The word raihaana was used by the Prophet in respect of al-Hasan and al-Husain, the sons of Ali ibn Abu Taalib, the Prophet's cousin and son-in­ law."1 - "I memorized," - "leave" - "makes you doubt," the Ź at the end stands for the second person, "you"; '-:-':!)! means doubt, others say that it means doubt with suspicion. 2 1 Ibrahim and Johnson-Davies, p. 52. 2 Al-Mubaraakfoori, vol. 7, p. 22 1. Commentary on the Forty Hadith of al-Nawawi Takhreej This hadith was recorded by al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasaai, al-Tayaalisi, Ahmad, al-Haakim, ibn Hibbaan, al-Daarimi, al-Baihaqi, Abu Yala and others. It has been narrated through a number of chains from the famous scholar of hadith, Shu'bah. Shu'bah narrated it from Buraid ibn Abu Maryam from Abu al-Hauraa al-Saadi from al-Hasan ibn Ali. Al-Tirmidhi called this hadith hasan sahih. Al-Haakim also called it sahih and al-Dhahabi agreed with him. Al-Suyooti, al-Albaani, Ahmad Shaakir, ibn Muhammad, al-Hilaali and Shuaib al-Arnaoot have all declared this hadith to be sahih. 1 The hadith also has supporting evidence in hadith narrated from ibn Umar, Waathilah ibn al-Asqa, Anas ibn Maalik and al-Nu'maan ibn Basheer.2 In this collection, al-Nawawi has only recorded a portion of this hadith. In the hadith from al-Tirmidhi, the complete text is the following: ,. ,, 0 .,.