It is narrated from Ata bin Dinar Hudhali that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The prayer of three persons is not accepted, nor does it ascend towards the sky, nor does it rise above their heads: The person who leads a people in prayer while they dislike him; the person who offers the funeral prayer without being asked; and the woman whose husband calls her at night and she refuses."

Amr bin Waleed narrates from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) a narration similar to the one mentioned above, which Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates as marfu‘. Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I have written down the first part of the hadith even though it is mursal, because the following hadith of Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) is similar to it, which ‘Isa has narrated to us. If this narration did not exist, I would not have mentioned a mursal narration in my book.