Is there a report indicating what Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in *Zad al-Ma'ad* regarding the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) manner of walking (that when he walked, he leaned forward as if descending a slope)?

The questioner: All right, Shaykh, in Ibn al-Qayyim's (may Allah have mercy on him) book *Zad al-Ma'ad*, he mentioned of his (peace and blessings be upon him) manner of walking and said: "When he walked, he leaned forward," and then he said: "And he walked as if descending."

The Shaykh: From a slope.

The questioner: "From a slope." Do we find a report for these narrations or for these statements that the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn al-Qayyim cited?

The Shaykh: Of course, look at the book *Al-Shama'il* by al-Tirmidhi, and the closest one is the abridged *Al-Shama'il* for the one you are speaking with.

The questioner: I looked at it, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh: And look at the book *Al-Shama'il* in the book *Mishkat al-Masabih*.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: You will find something of that.

The questioner: As for the *Al-Shama'il* that you verified, may Allah reward you with good and may Allah bless you, I did not find in this issue anything that satisfies; only one hadith came regarding walking, but the mention of "descending from a slope" did not come.

The Shaykh: Yes, it is not necessary, but in what conveys its meaning.

The questioner: Because in the hadith.

The Shaykh: Because if you are aiming for the wording, and I do not think you are aiming for this, then the answer is what I said; and if you mean the meaning, then the answer is what I said.

The questioner: May Allah reward you with good. I was actually aiming for "as if descending from a slope," because these phrases are common on the tongues of preachers and scholars, so I wanted a hadith for it, meaning I did not find anything except the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that you cited, and al-Tirmidhi cited it, and then you found it weak.

The Shaykh: All right, so do you mean the wording or do you mean the meaning?

The questioner: I mean the wording, and if the meaning is established, then praise be to Allah.

The Shaykh: No, you reversed the issue.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: You mean the meaning, and if the wording is established, then praise be to Allah.

The questioner: Praise be to Allah, yes, yes.

The Shaykh: You reversed it.

The questioner: May Allah bless you, you are our Shaykh and you taught us when...

The Shaykh: Excuse me, go back to *Mishkat* perhaps you will find something.

The questioner : If Allah wills.