and the stance that al-Mundhirī referred to was also reported by Ibn Abī al-Dunyā (vol. 2, p. 2) and al-ʿUqaylī in "al-Ḍuʿafāʾ" (p. 144) through the chain of Hushaym, who said: Zakariyyā ibn Abī Maryam al-Khuzāʿī informed us, saying: I heard Abū Umāmah say: and he mentioned it as a mawqūf [report]. It includes mention of error and sins but without interpretation. Al-ʿUqaylī narrated from ʿAlī ibn al-Madīnī, who said: I heard ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī—and he mentioned Zakariyyā ibn Abī Maryam, from whom Hushaym narrated—he said: We said to Shuʿbah: Did you meet Zakariyyā ibn Abī Maryam and hear from Abū Umāmah? He began to express amazement—then he mentioned it—and he cried out loudly. And this ḥadīth was narrated to us by Bishr... I said: and he mentioned it. Ibn Abī Ḥātim said: "Shuʿbah's cry indicated that he was not pleased with it." I said: and it appears from his amazement that it was due to his explicit declaration of hearing from Abū Umāmah. Ibn ʿAdī said (vol. 148/1) following the aforementioned narration of Ibn Mahdī: "And Hushaym narrates little from Zakariyyā ibn Abī Maryam, and there is nothing among what Hushaym narrated from him that has elegance and clarity." I said: if al-Mundhirī meant by mawqūf this narration, then his statement that it is more authentic is evidently questionable. Especially since it does not include the interpretation referred to. And Allāh knows best. Then I saw the narration of Sharqī ibn Qaṭāmī in "Kabīr Muʿjam al-Ṭabarānī" (7731) which he reported through another chain from him.