Ahmad 7251

Its isnad is sahih. The meaning of the marfu portion of it has already passed at 7149, from the narration of Ayub, from Ibn Sirin, from Abu Hurairah. Malik related it on page 140 from Zuhri, with this isnad. Bukhari related it in 1:397-398, and Muslim in 1:145, both of them through the route of Malik, with the same wording.As for the statement of Abu Hurairah that follows the marfu hadith, Malik related something similar in meaning on page 140, after narrating the marfu hadith, separating it with its own isnad, Malik, from Ibn Shihab, from Saeed bin Musayab, that he said, Abu Hurairah was asked, "May a man pray in a single garment?" He said, "Yes." It was said to him, "Do you yourself do that?" He said, "Yes, I pray in a single garment, while my other garments are on the mishjab."The word mishjab, with a kasrah on the meem, a sukun on the shin, and a fathah on the jeem, Ibn Athir said, refers to sticks whose tops are gathered together while their legs are spread apart, upon which clothes are placed, and upon which waterskins are sometimes hung to cool the water. It comes from the expression tashajub al-amr, meaning when a matter becomes mixed up or entangled.