as for the isnād, Abū Muʿāwiyah said: al-Aʿmash narrated to us from ʿAmr ibn Murrah from Yaḥyā ibn al-Jazzār with it. This is how it was recorded by Aḥmad, Abū Dāwūd, and through him by al-Bayhaqī (9/350), as well as al-Baghawī in "Sharḥ al-Sunnah" (12/156-157) from another route from Abū Muʿāwiyah with it. ʿAbdullāh ibn Bishr disagreed with him, saying in his isnād: from the son of Zaynab's sister, instead of "the son of Zaynab's brother"! This is the narration of Ibn Mājah. Muḥammad ibn Maslamah al-Kūfī disagreed with both of them, substituting ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUtbah ibn Masʿūd for the son of Zaynab's brother or sister. It was recorded by al-Ḥākim (4/417-418) who said: "Its isnād is authentic according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs!" and al-Dhahabī agreed with him! This is one of their errors, for Yaḥyā ibn al-Jazzār is not among the narrators of al-Bukhārī at all, and we did not find any mention of Muḥammad ibn Maslamah al-Kūfī in the books of narrators, nor did al-Mizzī mention him among those who narrated from al-Aʿmash, nor among the teachers of his narrator: Mūsá ibn Aʿyan, so how can its isnād be according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs, or even be authentic?! Rather, its isnād is objectionable due to its contradiction with Abū Muʿāwiyah and ʿAbdullāh ibn Bishr, both of whom are trustworthy, although there is a disagreement concerning Ibn Bishr which will be clarified, if Allāh wills. There is another disagreement in the isnād: Faḍl ibn ʿAmr from Yaḥyā ibn al-Jazzār said: ʿAbdullāh entered upon a woman who had something tied around her neck, so he pulled it and cut it, then said... and he mentioned the story briefly and the ḥadīth of the chapter