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In a well-known illustration, Thābit ibn Mūsā al-Zāhid heard a phrase connecting frequent night prayer with a radiant appearance by day in the setting of a teacher's transmission. Some versions came to be presented as a prophetic narration even though such attribution was not established.

«مَنْ كَثُرَتْ صَلَاتُهُ بِاللَّيْلِ حَسُنَ وَجْهُهُ بِالنَّهَارِ»
Whoever prays much at night will have a pleasing face during the day.

The wording is not being cited as an authenticated Prophetic hadith. It illustrates how a contextual statement can be misheard as part of an isnād transmission. Attractive moral meaning is never sufficient proof of prophetic attribution.

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Thābit ibn Mūsā: a sentence mistaken for hadith wording

Interpolated, Reversed, Extra-Link, Inconsistent, and Textually Altered Reports

In a well-known illustration, Thābit ibn Mūsā al-Zāhid heard a phrase connecting frequent night prayer with a radiant appearance by day in the setting of a teacher's transmission. Some versions came to be presented as a prophetic narration even though such attribution was not established.

«مَنْ كَثُرَتْ صَلَاتُهُ بِاللَّيْلِ حَسُنَ وَجْهُهُ بِالنَّهَارِ»
Whoever prays much at night will have a pleasing face during the day.

The wording is not being cited as an authenticated Prophetic hadith. It illustrates how a contextual statement can be misheard as part of an isnād transmission. Attractive moral meaning is never sufficient proof of prophetic attribution.