because Abū Salamah, due to his age, could not have met ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd nor taken it from him." I say regarding the isnād of the path of al-Layth ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṣāliḥ, there is weakness due to his memory. Therefore, the narration of Ḥayywah is more authentic, but it is disconnected as mentioned by al-Ṭaḥāwī, due to Abū Salamah not having heard from Ibn Masʿūd, as he died in the year (32), which is the year ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf, the father of Abū Salamah, died. It has been mentioned that he did not hear from his father due to his young age. This is the defect of the ḥadīth: the disconnection. However, I found another connected path for it, narrated by ʿUthmān ibn Ḥayyān al-ʿĀmirī from Falfilah al-Ḥanafī, who said: "I was among those who rushed to ʿAbd Allāh - meaning Ibn Masʿūd - regarding the maṣāḥif, and we entered upon him. A man from the people said: We did not come to you as visitors, but we came because this news alarmed us. He said: The Qurʾān was revealed to your Prophet from seven gates on seven aḥruf, whereas the first book was revealed from one gate, on one ḥarf." It was recorded by al-Ṭaḥāwī (4/182) and Aḥmad (1/445). I said: This isnād is good and connected; all its narrators are trustworthy and known, except for this Falfilah, whose father's name is ʿAbd Allāh. Ibn Abī Ḥātim mentioned him (3/2/92-93) without any criticism or praise, and Ibn Ḥibbān included him in "Thiqāt al-Tābiʿīn" (1/185). A group of trustworthy narrators reported from him, as mentioned in "al-Tahdhīb." It is possible that this Falfilah is the intermediary in the narration of this ḥadīth between Abū Salamah and Ibn Masʿūd. In summary, the ḥadīth is ḥasan in my view through this path. And Allāh knows best. It has also been narrated from Abū Hurayrah, but its isnād is very weak and not suitable for citation, and it contains an addition at the beginning, which is why I included it in the other book (1346).