they also differed regarding Asad, who is one of the men of language, and you will find the statements of the scholars about him in detail. Some criticized him because he was among the people of opinion, but a group including Aḥmad and Ibn Maʿīn considered him trustworthy. There is another narration from Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd ibn Abī Maryam from him, saying: "A liar, he is nothing." al-Dhahabī indicated the rejection of this narration, perhaps due to the obscurity of this Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd, as I did not find a biography for him. In my critique, it is deserving of rejection as it contradicts all the statements of the trustworthy and the weak critics. As for the trustworthy, it is clear, and as for the weak, most of them generally declared him weak, while others criticized him for weak memory or having strange narrations. Ibn ʿAdī, who came after them, concluded his biography by saying: "He has many ḥadīths from the Kufans, and I did not see anything objectionable in his ḥadīths. I hope his ḥadīth is sound, and among the people of opinion after Abū Yūsuf, none has more ḥadīths than him." I said: It is fitting for someone with many ḥadīths like him, and there is nothing objectionable in them, to be considered trustworthy. Even if something is found, as some mentioned, it is forgivable due to its rarity. And Allāh knows best. In summary, the ḥadīth with this follow-up is authentic up to Mujālid ibn Saʿīd, but it needs support, which I found. Al-Ajlah narrated from al-Shaʿbī: "that the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) welcomed Jaʿfar ibn Abī Ṭālib when he came from the land of Abyssinia, kissed him between the eyes, and embraced him (in another narration: and hugged him)." It was recorded by Ibn Saʿd (4/35) and Ibn Abī Shaybah (12/106), and through him by Abū Dāwūd (5220). I said: This is a good mursal isnād. Al-Ajlah, who is Ibn ʿAbd Allāh, is truthful, with slight criticism that does not harm. Therefore, al-Dhahabī said in "al-Mughnī": "Shīʿī, there is no harm in his ḥadīth, though some criticized him."