the Companions; among them was this al-Aswad, and they did not deny his hearing from him; thus, this defect is not detrimental. The other defect: the weakness of ʿAlī ibn Zaydān Judʿān; however, he was not the sole narrator of it. Al-Ṭabarānī said in his "Muʿjam" (1/number 844): Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥaḍramī narrated to us: Maʿmar ibn Bakkār al-Saʿdī narrated to us: Ibrāhīm ibn Saʿd narrated from al-Zuhrī from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakrah with a similar narration. I said: This isnād's narrators are trustworthy, except for Maʿmar ibn Bakkār al-Saʿdī. Al-ʿUqaylī said in "al-Ḍuʿafāʾ" (4/207): "In his ḥadīth there are errors, and he is not followed in most of it." Ibn Abī Ḥātim mentioned him (4/1/259) without criticism or endorsement. As for Ibn Ḥibbān, he mentioned him in "al-Thiqāt" (9/196). Al-Dhahabī said in "al-Mīzān": "A shaykh for Muṭṭīn, acceptable." I said: It seems from his biography mentioned above that he can be cited, especially if we remember that al-Ḥākim authenticated this ḥadīth for him; he narrated it (3/615) through al-Ḥaḍramī - who is (Muṭṭīn) - from him, and said afterward: "Authentic ḥadīth." However, al-Dhahabī rejected it by saying: "I said: Maʿmar has oddities."