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1288. It was narrated that Ka'b bin 'Ujrah said: "We said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, we know about sending Ṣalāms upon you, but how should we send Ṣalāh upon you?' He said: 'Say: Allāhumma ṣalli 'ala Muḥammad wa 'ala āli Muḥammad kamā ṣallaita 'ala āli Ibrāhīma, innaka ḥamīdun majīd; Allāhumma bārik 'ala Muḥammad wa 'ala āli Muḥammad kamā bārakta 'ala āli Ibrāhīm, innaka ḥamīdun majīd (O Allāh, send Ṣalāh upon Muḥammad and the family of Muḥammad as You sent Ṣalāh upon the family of Ibrāhīm, You are indeed Worthy of Praise, Full of Glory. O Allāh, send blessings upon Muḥammad and the family of Muḥammad as You sent prayers upon the family of Ibrāhīm, You are indeed Worthy of Praise, Full of Glory).'" (One of the narrators) Ibn Abī Laila said: "We used to say: 'And also upon us.'" Abū 'Abdur-Raḥmān (An-Nasā'ī)
said: It was narrated from his book, and this is a mistake.[1] (Saḥīḥ)
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a. The clarification concerning this error appears in the upcoming narration that Sulayman's mentor was not Amr bin Murrah; it was rather Al-Ḥakam, as it clearly follows from the chain of Hadīth 1289. The subtlety is that this narration too is on the authority of Qāsim bin Zakariyyh. Even so, he once named Amr bin Murrah as the mentor of Sulayman and once the name of Al-Ḥakam. But the former narration is not authentic, because other transmitters also concede to it. For instance, see the transmission chain of the Hadīth 1290. And Allāh knows best!
b. These final words, "And also upon us," he uttered by way of supplication, which has no relation to the actual Hadīth.
