the ḥadīth about the killing of forty-three prophets by the Jews in one hour; I have referenced it in "al-Silsilah al-Ukhra" under number (5461). Among them is the ḥadīth "The substitutes in my nation are thirty, through whom you are provided..." and its isnād is very weak, and it is referenced there under number (936). And the ḥadīth: The greatest name of Allāh is in (Āl ʿImrān): (Say: O Allāh, Owner of sovereignty...) and it is fabricated as I have clarified there under number (2772), among other examples, which are very numerous. If they were to be compiled, they would form a book in a large volume. Then this man, al-Ṣābūnī, came to these ḥadīths about which Ibn Kathīr remained silent, considering them authentic by including them in his "Mukhtaṣar" and stating in his introduction (p. 9) that he restricted it to authentic ḥadīths and omitted weak ḥadīths! He also omitted the Israelite narratives, and in all of this, he is not truthful as previously mentioned, and I have further clarified this in the referencing of the aforementioned ḥadīth under number (5461). In doing so, he has preceded everyone who has written in this noble science with ignorance, misguidance, and empty claims, such that I know of no one similar to him except perhaps the one named ʿIzz al-Dīn Balīq, who falsely claimed in the introduction of his book, which he unjustly named "Minhāj al-Ṣāliḥīn": "He does not narrate contradictory ḥadīths and excludes weak or fabricated ḥadīths." In this claim, he is a deceitful liar, for I have studied this book of his with a detailed examination due to a circumstance that arose, and I followed its ḥadīths one by one, and I was astonished by the large number of weak and fabricated ḥadīths it contained, totaling over four hundred ḥadīths. I was amazed at his audacity and boldness in making this grandiose claim, as he is among the most ignorant—if not the most ignorant—I have seen among those who have written on the noble ḥadīth, and I do not know anyone who equals him