It is narrated from Sayyiduna Fadalah al-Laythi (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "I wish to accept Islam, so teach me some of the laws (rulings) of Islam." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned the prayer, the month of Ramadan and the times of the prayer. I said: "O Messenger of Allah! You are mentioning times in which I am busy, so teach me something comprehensive." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Even if you are busy, do not neglect the two 'Asrs ('Asrayn)." I asked: "What are the 'Asrayn?" For this was not the language of my people. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Fajr and 'Asr." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two of them did not record it. It contains wordings which they did not record through another chain either, and the most beneficial of them is the mention of the laws of Islam, for that is in the narration of Abd al-Aziz bin Abi Rawwad from Alqamah bin Marthad from Yahya bin Ya'mar from Ibn Umar, which is not on the condition of either of them. And in this chain there is a divergence from Hushaym bin Bashir in his narration from Dawud bin Abi Hind which does not harm the hadith; rather, it strengthens it further.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Fadalah narrates from his father (Sayyiduna Fadalah al-Laythi (may Allah be pleased with him)), he says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) taught me (matters of the religion), and among the things he (peace and blessings be upon him) taught me, he said: "Guard the five prayers." I said: "These are times in which I am busy, so tell me something comprehensive which, if I do it, will suffice for me." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Guard the two 'Asrs ('Asrayn)." The narrator says that this word was not in our language, so I asked: "What are the 'Asrayn?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A prayer before the sun rises (Fajr) and a prayer before it sets ('Asr)." Abu Harb bin Abi al-Aswad al-Dili is one of the senior Tabi'in; he narrated from the senior Companions, and his hearing from Sayyiduna Fadalah bin Ubayd al-Laythi is not far-fetched. Moreover, Hushaym bin Bashir is a well-known hafiz of hadith, and Khalid bin Abdullah al-Wasiti is a narrator who possessed a written record (reliable). On the whole, this is just as Imam Muslim recorded in the Book of Faith through Shu'bah from Uthman bin Abdullah bin Mawhab, and after it through Muhammad bin Uthman from his father.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Islam has prominent signs and landmarks, like the signs (and landmarks) of a road." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari, for he narrated from Muhammad bin Khalaf al-Asqalani and used Thawr bin Yazid al-Shami as evidence. As for Khalid bin Ma'dan hearing from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah, that is not unlikely, for al-Walid bin Muslim reported through Thawr bin Yazid his (Khalid's) statement: "I met seventeen of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." And if it occurs to someone's mind that this text is shadhdh (anomalous), let him look into the two books (Bukhari and Muslim), where he will find anomalous texts which have only a single chain and which are astonishing; then let him judge this hadith by analogy with them. Another hadith with this same chain is as follows:

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Islam is that you worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him, establish the prayer, pay the zakah, fast in Ramadan, perform Hajj to the House (of Allah), enjoin good, forbid evil, and greet your family with salam. So whoever falls short in any of these has abandoned that share of Islam (which was due from him), and whoever abandons all of them has turned his back on Islam." This hadith is like the first hadith in its soundness and reliability.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Shall I not teach you a treasure of Paradise from beneath the Throne (or he said: shall I not guide you to it)? Say: 'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah' ((There is no) ability (to turn away from disobedience to Allah) and no strength (to do good) except by the enablement of Allah). Then Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: 'My servant has submitted and surrendered himself to Me.'" This is a sahih (authentic) hadith and no hidden defect ('illah) is known in it; although the two of them (Imam Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it, Imam Muslim used Yahya bin Abi Sulaym as evidence.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If two men enter Islam and then cut off relations with each other (stop speaking to each other), one of them will remain outside Islam until the wrongdoer (the one who began cutting off relations) returns." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it. Abd al-Samad bin Abd al-Warith bin Sa'id is a trustworthy and reliable narrator, and the two of them recorded from him several hadiths in which he was alone in narrating from his father, Shu'bah and others.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "When a servant commits fornication, faith leaves him and becomes like a canopy (suspended) over his head; then when he separates himself from that (act), faith returns to him." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), for they used all of its narrators as evidence. It also has a supporting narration (shahid) on the condition of Imam Muslim:

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever commits fornication or drinks wine, Allah pulls (the light of) faith out of him just as a person takes a shirt off over his head." Imam Muslim used Abd al-Rahman bin Hujayrah and Abdullah bin al-Walid as evidence, and both of them are Syrian narrators.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Modesty and faith are joined together; when one of them is taken away, the other is taken away as well." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two of them (Imam Bukhari and Muslim); they used its narrators as evidence, but they did not record it with this wording.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, the believer is one who shows affection and friendliness, and there is no good in one who neither shows affection to others nor is shown affection." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim); to the best of my knowledge there is no hidden defect ('illah) in it, but they did not record it.