My father رحمه الله narrated to us, saying that Saʿd b. ʿAbd Allāh narrated to him among others, saying that Aḥmad b. Abi ʿAbd Allāh al-Barqī narrated to him among others, from Muḥammad b. Ziyād, from ʿIṣṣām b. Zayd, from Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir [or al-Mukandir], from Jābir b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Anṣārī, who narrated: “Verily, the Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم ascended the pulpit—on the first step—and said: “Āmīn,” then he climbed the second step and said: “Āmīn.” Then he climbed the third step and said: “Āmīn.” They said: “O’ Messenger of Allāh, you said “Āmīn” thrice?!,” so he replied: “Jibraʿīl (Gabriel, عليه السلام) came to me and told me: “Woe betide he who mentions you without pronouncing salutations upon you,” so I replied: “Āmīn.” Then he said: “Woe betide he who comes to know the month of Ramaḍān, yet it passes him by without his earning forgiveness,” so I said: “Āmīn.” Then he said: “Woe betide he who knows both of his parents—or one of them—but does not earn admittance into Paradise through them,” so I said: “Āmīn.”