a ḥadīth better than it except the Book of Allāh, and a narration from the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said: so he mentioned it. I said: And this isnād is authentic, all its men are trustworthy. Abū Muḥammad's name is ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf, known as al-Aṣbahānī, and he was among the trustworthy traveling ḥadīth scholars. He died in the year 409 as mentioned in "al-Shadharāt." And Abū Saʿīd ibn al-Aʿrābī is a well-known trustworthy ḥāfiẓ. Al-Ḥāfiẓ al-Dhahabī translated him in "al-Tadhkirah," and he has authored works including "al-Muʿjam," a manuscript of which is in the al-Ẓāhiriyyah library. Perhaps this ḥadīth is in it, so it should be reviewed as it is currently out of my reach because they have gathered it with other books for copying. And Saʿdān ibn Naṣr is a trustworthy person translated in "al-Jarḥ wa-al-Taʿdīl" and "Tārīkh Baghdād." And above him, all are trustworthy from the men of Muslim, and ʿUmārah is Ibn ʿUmayr al-Taymī. So the isnād is authentic without a doubt, but I have a reservation about its elevation, because it is not explicit in it, but in any case, it is considered elevated. And Allāh knows best. And it has a very brief supporting narration from Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī who said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said: "The Children of Israel wrote a book and followed it, abandoning the Torah." It was narrated by al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ" (2/39/1 - 2/5678): Muḥammad ibn ʿUthmān ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us, saying: Jundal ibn Wāliq narrated to us, saying: ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAmr narrated to us from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr from Abū Burdah from his father... And he said: "No one narrated it from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr except ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAmr, and Jundal ibn Wāliq was unique in narrating it." I said: In "al-Taqrīb":