they affirmed it, and they are the remaining nine. Just as it is not permissible to oppose them with the narration of the two, it is likewise not permissible to oppose the narration of Zāʾidah with them! This is because, like the nine, he has additional knowledge, and the additional reliability is accepted as is well-known among the scholars. If this is clear, let us examine the narrations of the remaining nine and their wording. We will find among them those who agreed with Zāʾidah in the meaning of the gesture, even if their wording differed. I do not know if his omission of it was intentional or out of ignorance, and both are bitter! I will present their names with the sources as they appeared in his message, followed by their mentioned wording: the first: "4- Abū al-Aḥwaṣ Sallām ibn Sulaym with al-Ṭayālisī (1020) and al-Ṭabarānī (22/80)." I say: His wording with the mentioned sources is: "and he began to supplicate," al-Ṭayālisī added: "like this, meaning: with the index finger, gesturing with it." The second: "8- Zuhayr ibn Muʿāwiyah with Aḥmad (4/318) and al-Ṭabarānī (22/84)." I said: Their wording is: "then I saw him saying like this, and Zuhayr raised his index finger." The third: "11- Bishr ibn al-Mufaḍḍal with al-Nasāʾī (3/35-36)." I said: His wording is: "and I saw him saying like this; and Bishr gestured with the index finger of the right hand and circled the thumb and middle finger." This narration of Bishr was also recorded by Ibn Khuzaymah in his "Ṣaḥīḥ" (1/353/713) alongside the narration of ʿAbd Allāh ibn Idrīs with the wording: "then he circled, and began gesturing with the index finger while supplicating."