such was said! Al-Masʿūdī followed him, as did ʿAmr ibn Abī Qays—as mentioned earlier—even though he differed from them by mentioning al-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān in the isnād. Their narration is more reliable, and even if there is something in their memory, one strengthens the other. ʿAmr ibn Abī Qays, who is al-Rāzī, is truthful but has errors as noted in "al-Taqrīb." If he remembered correctly, it is possible to say that Samāk heard it from al-Qāsim from his father, then heard it directly from his father. Perhaps al-Haythamī's action indicates this when he says (10/219): "It was narrated by al-Bazzār and al-Ṭabarānī in 'al-Awsaṭ' and 'al-Kabīr,' and its isnād is good." I said: He combined the narration of al-Bazzār and al-Ṭabarānī despite the difference in their narration from Samāk, as if indicating that there is no harmful difference between them. He previously mentioned the narration of Aḥmad and Abū Yaʿlá and said after it: "In their isnād is al-Masʿūdī, who has mixed up [his narrations]." Al-Suyūṭī was brief in "al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr" (6404) and attributed it only to "al-Ṭabarānī" in "al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr"!!

- "They let their mustaches grow and shave their beards, so oppose them. Meaning the Magians." It was recorded by Ibn Ḥibbān in "Ṣaḥīḥ" (5452 - al-Iḥsān), al-Bayhaqī in "Sunan" (1/151), Abū Ḥāmid al-Ḥaḍramī in "Ḥadīth" (Q 2/2), and Abū ʿArūbah al-Ḥarrānī in "Ḥadīth al-Jazariyyīn" (Q 146/1) through various chains from Maʿqil ibn ʿUbayd Allāh from Maymūn ibn Mihrān from Ibn ʿUmar who said: The Magians were mentioned to the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam), and he said: so he mentioned it, and added: