some of them, and they are of the same class, so attention should be paid to this and not to confuse them. As for the ḥadīth of ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Shikhkhīr, it is narrated by al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥakam ibn Ṭuhmān: Siyyār Abū al-Ḥakam said: I heard Muṭarrif ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Shikhkhīr narrating from his father in a summarized form with the wording: He used to say: "O Allāh, let me enjoy my hearing and my sight, and make them my inheritors." It was recorded by al-Bazzār (4/60/3195), and through him by al-Ḍiyāʾ in "al-Mukhtārah" (58/83/2-84/1), and by al-Ṭabarānī as in "al-Majmaʿ" (10/178), who said: "In it is al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥakam ibn Ṭuhmān, who is weak, and the rest of its narrators are trustworthy." I said: A group of trustworthy narrators reported from him, and Abū Ḥātim said about him: "He is very close to ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAlāʾ ibn Khālid, and his ḥadīth is sound but not that much, as it is inconsistent." And Ibn al-ʿAlāʾ, Abū Ḥātim said about him: "Sound." Ibn ʿAdī listed for him (2/325) two well-known ḥadīths from other than his path, then said: "He has only a few ḥadīths, and the most objectionable I have seen from him is what I mentioned." Al-Dhahabī said in "al-Mīzān": "He was spoken about but not abandoned... Ibn ʿAdī listed for him two ḥadīths, but their texts are well-known." I said: Someone like him can be used as supporting evidence if his ḥadīth is not ḥasan, and this is indicated by al-Ḍiyāʾ including his ḥadīth in "al-Mukhtārah." And Allāh knows best