and it is among their errors, for ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Qurṭ is unknown as stated in "al-Taqrīb," and al-Dhahabī himself pointed to this by saying in "al-Mīzān": "Ḥumayd ibn Hilāl was the only one who narrated from him." Ṣāliḥ ibn Rustam is truthful but makes many mistakes, and Muslim included him for corroboration. He was contradicted in his isnād by the reliable Sulaymān ibn al-Mughīrah, who said: from Ḥumayd ibn Hilāl from Naṣr ibn ʿĀṣim al-Laythī who said: We came to al-Yashkurī... the ḥadīth. Thus, Naṣr ibn ʿĀṣim was placed instead of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Qurṭ, and this is correct. It was recorded by Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, and others, and it is the path that was preferred. Fifth: from Yazīd ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Abū Khālid al-Dalānī from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Maysarah from Zayd ibn Wahb from Ḥudhayfah in a summarized form, and it includes: "a truce with deception, and a group with impurities in it." The eighth addition, and his saying: "And for you to die, O Ḥudhayfah, biting on a tree trunk is better than responding to any of them." Al-Ṭabarānī recorded it in "al-Awsaṭ" (1/202/2/3674) and said: "No one narrated it from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Maysarah except Abū Khālid al-Dalānī." I say: He is truthful but makes many mistakes, and he used to practice tadlīs as mentioned in "al-Taqrīb," so it is possible that he erred in his isnād, but not in the text, as it agrees with some of what is in the third path. Strange terms of the ḥadīth: 1 - "the sword" meaning protection is achieved by using the sword. Qatādah said: This group refers to those who apostatized after the death of the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) during the caliphate of al-Ṣiddīq (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu). He mentioned it