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In this narration, he deleted the complete chain, including the Companion, up tothe Prophet (r).The mu‘allaq narration may be a hadeeth from the Prophet (r) as in thepreviously mentioned examples, or it could be the statement or deed of aCompanion or a Successor. For example, al-Bukhaaree related in his Chapter onSalaah on Rooftops, Pulpits and Wood:وصل َّى أ َبو هريرة َ عل َى سق ْفِ‏ ال ْمسجِدِ‏ بِصل َاةِ‏ ال ْإِما مِ‏ وصل َّى ابن عمر عل َى الث َّل ْجِ‏Aboo Hurayrah prayed on the roof of the mosque following the prayer of theimaam and Ibn ‘Umar prayed on snow. 25 This description of Aboo Hurayrah’spractice is mentioned by al-Bukhaaree without a chain of narration.And in the Chapter on Tayammum, under the heading “Clean Earth”, he narratedthe following:وق َال َ ال ْحسن يجزِئ ُه التيمم ما ل َم يحدِث ْAl-Hasan said: “Tayammum is sufficient as long as he doesn’t break his state ofpurity.” 26 Al-Hasan here is al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan ibn Yasaar al-Basree (d.110AH), from the medial level of the Successors.Mu‘allaq hadeeths are generally automatically classified da‘eef and rejectedbecause one of the conditions of authenticity is missing, except if they arementioned in hadeeth collections in which the authors spent great efforts to only24 Sahih Al-Bukhari, Kitaab as-Salaah, Baab: Wujoob as-Salaah fee ath-Thiyaab. The completetext is as follows:باب وجوبِ‏ الصل َاةِ‏ فِي الث ِّيابِ‏ وق َولِ‏ الل َّهِ‏ تعال َى خذ ُوا زِينتك ُم عِند ك ُل ِّ مسجِدٍ‏ ومن صل َّى مل ْتحِف ًا فِي ث َوبٍ‏واحِدٍ‏ ويذ ْك َر عن سل َمة َ بنِ‏ ال ْأ َك ْوعِ‏ أ َن َّ النبِي صل َّى الل َّه عل َيهِ‏ وسل َّم ق َال َ يزره ول َو بِشوك َةٍ‏ فِي إِسنادِهِ‏ نظ َر ومنصل َّى فِي الث َّوبِ‏ ال َّذِي يجامِع فِيهِ‏ ما ل َم ير أ َذ ًى وأ َمر النبِي صل َّى الل َّه عل َيهِ‏ وسل َّم أ َن ْ ل َا يط ُوف بِال ْبيتِ‏ عريان ٌ25 Sahih Al-Bukhari, Kitaab as-Salaah; Baab: Prayer on Rooftopsباب الصل َاةِ‏ فِي السط ُوحِ‏ وال ْمِنبرِ‏ وال ْخشبِ‏ ق َال َ أ َبو عبد الل َّهِ‏ ول َم ير ال ْحسن بأ ْسا أ َن ْ يصل َّى عل َى ال ْجمدِ‏وال ْق َناطِرِ‏ وإِن ْ جرى تحتها بول ٌ أ َو ف َوق َها أ َو أ َمامها إِذ َا ك َان َ بينهما سترة ٌ وصل َّى أ َبو هريرة َ عل َى سق ْفِ‏ ال ْمسجِدِ‏26 Sahih Al-Bukhari , Kitaab at-Tayammum; Baab as-Sa‘eed at-Tayyib:بِصل َاةِ‏ ال ْإِمامِ‏ وصل َّى ابن عمر عل َى الث َّل ْ جِ‏باب الصعِيد الط َّيب وضوءُ‏ ال ْمسلِمِ‏ يك ْفِيهِ‏ مِن ال ْماءِ‏ وق َال َ ال ْحسن يجزِئ ُه التيمم ما ل َم يحدِث ْ وأ َم ابن عباسٍ‏وهو متيمم وق َال َ يحيى بن سعِيدٍ‏ ل َا بأ ْس بِالصل َاةِ‏ عل َى السبخةِ‏ والتيممِ‏ بِها