1192 - Ahmad ibn Yunus narrated to us, saying: Sharik narrated to us, saying: Abu Hamzah said: I asked Ibrahim about the excuse; what is it? He said: "Fear and illness."

1193 - Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Qut'i narrated to us, saying: Mulazim ibn 'Amr al-Yamami narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Jabir narrated to us, saying: "There is no prayer for the neighbor of the mosque except in it." We said: "And who is the neighbor of the mosque?" He said: "The one who hears the call [to prayer]."

1194 - Mulazim said: I asked al-Ahnaf ibn al-Zubayr al-Sadusi about this—and he was among the jurists—and I informed him of this, so he said: "We asked the jurists of Makkah, and they said: 'His neighbor is forty houses to the east, and forty houses to the west.'"

Chapter: There is no Prayer for the One Who Does Not Recite the Opening of the Book (al-Fatihah)

• Ishaq was asked about the statement: "There is no prayer for the one who does not recite the Opening of the Book"? He said: "He has no prayer." It was said: "What about the one who says he has no merit [for the prayer]?" He disapproved of that and said: "He has no prayer."

1195 - 'Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, saying: al-Zuhri narrated to us, saying: Mahmud ibn al-Rabi' informed me that he heard 'Ubadah ibn al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "There is no prayer for the one who does not recite the Opening of the Book in it."