its narrators are trustworthy, except that Ibn Isḥāq is known for tadlīs and he narrated it with ʿanʿanah. Despite this, he was contradicted by al-Qāsim ibn ʿAbbās al-Hāshimī from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Rāfiʿ with it, who said: "farat" instead of "salaf." It was recorded by Muslim (7/67) and the ḥadīth has a continuation with him. It was also recorded by him and others from the ḥadīth of Abū Hurayrah in its entirety and even more complete, including the greeting to the graves of the believers. It is referenced in "al-Irwāʾ" (776) and "Aḥkām al-Janāʾiz" (190). Then I saw the ḥadīth of Ibn Isḥāq in "Muʿjam al-Ṭabarānī al-Kabīr" (23/413/996) with the wording: "I will precede you at al-Kawthar, and while I am upon it..." the ḥadīth. It was recorded from the route of Ibn Abī Shaybah with this wording, so I do not know if it is preserved as is and the one before it from Ibn Abī Shaybah, or if one of them is an error on him. It seems that the word "salaf" in the ḥadīth of Ibn Isḥāq—if it is preserved in the narration of Ibn Abī Shaybah—is not preserved in the narration of Ibn Isḥāq's teacher ʿAbd Allāh ibn Rāfiʿ, due to al-Qāsim ibn ʿAbbās contradicting him as mentioned earlier, and it was also recorded by al-Ṭabarānī (number 661). What supports this contradiction and confirms the anomaly of Ibn Isḥāq's wording is that the ḥadīth came from a group of Companions with the wording: "I am your predecessor at the ḥawḍ." Ibn Abī ʿĀṣim recorded in "al-Sunnah" the narrations of many of them with numerous isnāds, which I have referenced in "Ẓilāl al-Jannah" (2/242-246).