and he said: "The isnād is authentic!" and al-Dhahabī agreed with him! I said: This is due to their leniency, especially al-Dhahabī! For he included this Zāfir in "al-Ḍuʿafāʾ" and said: "Ibn ʿAdī said: He is not followed in his ḥadīth." al-Ḥāfiẓ said: "Truthful but makes many mistakes." 2 - As for the ḥadīth of Jābir, it is narrated by al-Ḥasan ibn Abī Jaʿfar from Abū al-Zubayr from him. It was recorded by al-Ṭayālisī in "Musnad" (1755) and from him by al-Bayhaqī in "Shuʿab al-Īmān." I said: This isnād is weak and has two defects: the first is the ʿanʿanah of Abū al-Zubayr, for he was a mudallis. The second: the weakness of al-Ḥasan ibn Abī Jaʿfar. al-Ḥāfiẓ said: "Weak in ḥadīth despite his devotion and virtue." 3 - As for the ḥadīth of ʿAlī, it is narrated by ʿAlī ibn Ḥafṣ ibn ʿUmar, who reported from al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥusayn from Zayd ibn ʿAlī from Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad from his father from ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn from al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī from him. It was recorded by Abū Nuʿaym in "al-Ḥilyah" (3/202) and he said: "This is a rare narration of Jaʿfar from his ancestors with a connected chain; we have not written it except from this route." I said: It is weak; ʿAlī ibn Ḥafṣ and al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥusayn are unknown to me. And Zayd ibn ʿAlī is the son of al-Ḥusayn ibn Zayd ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn Abū al-Ḥusayn, the grandson of