yet despite this, Ḥammād ibn Zayd contradicted him: Yaḥyá ibn Saʿīd narrated to us from Muḥammad ibn al-Munkadir that Abū Qatādah grew his hair... the ḥadīth, and he sent it as mursal. It was recorded by al-Bayhaqī. It is supported that Sufyān (al-Thawrī) followed him, saying: from Muḥammad ibn al-Munkadir who said: "Abū Qatādah had hair..." the ḥadīth is similar, except he said: "and he would oil it one day and leave it the next." It was narrated by al-Bayhaqī. This confirms the oddity of Ibn Muqaddam's narration and aligns with the authentic ḥadīth, which is what is expected from this noble Companion. Al-Ḥāfiẓ al-Mizzī indicated the preference for the mursal in "al-Tuḥfah" (9/264) by saying: "It was narrated by al-Mufaḍḍal ibn Faḍālah from Ibn Jurayj from ʿAṭāʾ from Ibn al-Munkadir that Abū Qatādah..." and he mentioned it. It was also narrated by Hishām ibn ʿUrwah from Muḥammad ibn al-Munkadir, but he said: from Jābir. This narration, along with other supporting evidence for the ḥadīth of the chapter, has been previously mentioned, confirming its authenticity under the aforementioned ḥadīth (666). Among its supporting evidence is what Ibn Abī Shaybah recorded in "al-Muṣannaf" (8/448): Ibn Idrīs narrated to us from Yaḥyá from (the original: ibn) ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Qatādah, who said: and he mentioned it as mursal. This is a sound mursal isnād, and perhaps ʿAbd Allāh received it from his father Abū Qatādah. And Allāh knows best. (Note): Shaykh Ḥabīb al-Raḥmān al-Aʿẓamī mentioned in his commentary on the ḥadīth of the chapter the earlier narration of al-Nasāʾī from Abū Qatādah, remaining silent on it, implying to readers that it has no defect, which is his approach in most of his commentaries. And Allāh is the one whose help is sought.