then I saw that al-Ḥāfiẓ Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn al-Maqdisī had included the ḥadīth in "A Section Containing Ḥadīths, Stories, and Poems" (9/1) through the route of al-Khaṭīb, and he said: "ʿAṭāʾ ibn al-Sāʾib is trustworthy, but he became confused in the latter part of his life. If someone like Sufyān, Shuʿbah, and Ḥammād ibn Salamah narrates from him, they heard from him before the confusion, and their ḥadīth from him is authentic. Muḥammad ibn al-Junayd was declared trustworthy by Aḥmad ibn Isḥāq ibn al-Bahlūl." I say: pairing Ḥammād with Sufyān and Shuʿbah is questionable to me, because he also heard from ʿAṭāʾ after the confusion, as verified by al-Ḥāfiẓ in "al-Tahdhīb." Therefore, one should refrain from authenticating his ḥadīth from him until it is clear that he heard it from him before the confusion, contrary to some contemporary scholars. Al-Ḥāfiẓ added al-Aʿmash to Sufyān and Shuʿbah in "Natāʾij al-Afkār" due to the high rank of his generation, and this is a benefit I have not found anyone else pointing out, so may Allāh reward him well. (Note) In the printed version of "Tārīkh al-Khaṭīb," after the phrase "you are rewarded," there is an addition "and for every letter, ten good deeds," which the printer placed in brackets, seemingly taken from some copies of "al-Tārīkh." However, since I found it inconsistent with the context and it was not mentioned in "al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr" nor "al-Kabīr" by al-Suyūṭī, I was not convinced of its authenticity, so I did not include it. I was further assured of this when I saw that al-Ḍiyāʾ narrated it from al-Khaṭīb without it, and it is the same with al-Daylamī. All praise is due to Allāh for His guidance, and I ask Him for more of His bounty. then I found a corroborating report for ʿAṭāʾ ibn al-Sāʾib. Ibn Naṣr said in "Qiyām al-Layl" (70): Yaḥyā narrated to us, Abū Muʿāwiyah informed us from al-Hijrī from Abū al-Aḥwaṣ with a more complete wording, and its text is: "Indeed, this Qurʾān is the banquet of Allāh, so learn from His banquet as much as you can. Indeed, this Qurʾān is the rope of Allāh, the clear light, and the beneficial healing, a protection for those who hold fast to it and a salvation for those who follow it. It does not deviate so as to be corrected, nor does it lead astray so as to be blamed. Its wonders do not cease, nor does it wear out from frequent repetition. Recite it, for Allāh rewards you for its recitation, for every letter ten good deeds. I do not say with * (Alif Lām Mīm) * but with Alif ten, Lām ten, and Mīm ten."