in "al-Qawāṣim" is as follows: "Beware of being deceived by the addition 'all of them are in the Fire except one,' for it is a corrupt addition, and it is not unlikely that it was inserted by heretics. Ibn Ḥazm said: This ḥadīth is not authentic." I have been aware of this weakening for years. Then some students at the "Islamic University" informed me of al-Shawkānī's statement in his tafsīr "Fatḥ al-Qadīr" (2/56): "Ibn Kathīr said in his tafsīr: The ḥadīth of the division of the nations into seventy-odd is narrated through numerous chains, which we have mentioned elsewhere. End quote. I said: As for the addition 'all of them are in the Fire except one,' a group of ḥadīth scholars have weakened it (!), and Ibn Ḥazm even said it is fabricated." I do not know to whom he referred by saying: "a group..." for I am not aware of any early ḥadīth scholars who weakened this addition. In fact, the group has authenticated it, and their names have been mentioned previously. As for Ibn Ḥazm, I do not know where he mentioned that, and the first thing that comes to mind is his book "al-Faṣl fī al-Milal wa-al-Niḥal." I have referred to it and searched its likely places but did not find it. Moreover, the reports about him differ, as Ibn al-Wazīr said about him: "it is not authentic," while al-Shawkānī said about him: "it is fabricated," and there is a clear difference between the two reports, as is evident. If this is indeed attributed to Ibn Ḥazm, it is refuted for two reasons: The first: The scholarly ḥadīth criticism has indicated the authenticity of this addition, so the opinion of those who weakened it is of no consequence. The second: Those who authenticated it are more numerous and more knowledgeable about ḥadīth than Ibn Ḥazm, especially since he is..