by him) and al-Ḥākim (4/203-204). Al-ʿUqaylī said: "ʿUthmān ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-ʿAbdī's ḥadīth is not preserved and is only known through him." I say: He is unknown, and ʿUbayd ibn Wāqid is weak, so al-Ḥākim's statement: "Authentic isnād" is incorrect, and for this reason, al-Dhahabī rejected it by saying: "I say: ʿUthmān is not known, and the report is objectionable." 3 - As for the ḥadīth of Abū Saʿīd, it is narrated by Zayd ibn al-Ḥabbāb who said: Saʿīd ibn Suwayd al-Sāmirī narrated to us: Khālid ibn Rabāḥ al-Baṣrī narrated to us from Abū al-Ṣiddīq al-Nājī from Abū Saʿīd with it. Al-Ḥākim recorded it (4/204), and he and al-Dhahabī remained silent about it. Its isnād is weak according to me; its men are trustworthy except for this Saʿīd ibn Suwayd. Ibn Abī Ḥātim mentioned him (2/1/29-30) from the narration of Ibn al-Ḥabbāb alone and did not mention any criticism or endorsement, contrary to Ibn Ḥibbān who included him among "the trustworthy" as in "al-Lisān." He was followed by Suwayd ibn Saʿīd al-Maʿdalī who said: Khālid ibn Ziyād, the companion of al-Sābirī, narrated to us from Abū al-Ṣiddīq with it. Al-Ṭabarānī recorded it in "al-Awsaṭ" (7540) and said: "It is not narrated from Abū Saʿīd except with this isnād. ʿAbd al-Quddūs was the only one to narrate it." Thus he said, and ʿAbd al-Quddūs is trustworthy, as are those above him, except for Suwayd ibn Saʿīd; I did not recognize him, and perhaps he is Saʿīd ibn Suwayd mentioned in al-Ḥākim's isnād, which was confused by one of al-Ṭabarānī's narrators. I find it unlikely that he is Suwayd ibn Saʿīd al-Anbārī mentioned in "al-Jarḥ" (2/1/240) because he is above this generation, narrated from by Abū Zurʿah and Abū Ḥātim. And Allāh knows best. 4 - As for the ḥadīth of Mazīdah, it is narrated by Ṭālib ibn Ḥujayr who said: Hūd ibn ʿAbd Allāh narrated to me from his grandfather in a marfūʿ form, and it includes a story