the biography of al-Barsānī states that ʿAlī ibn al-Madīnī and Muḥammad ibn Marzūq al-Bāhilī narrated from him, and they are among those who narrated this ḥadīth from him, the first with al-Bukhārī as previously mentioned, and the latter with Abū Yaʿlá, Ibn Ḥibbān, and likewise al-Bazzār. Indeed, it occurred in his isnād that it was (al-Barsānī)! Thirdly: We do not know of any narrators named (Muḥammad ibn Bakr al-Muqriʾ al-Kūfī) for Ibn Ḥibbān to assert definitively that it is him, even as a possibility. Ibn Ḥibbān should have included him in his "Thiqāt" as he did with (al-Barsānī), for he mentioned him in two places; in (Followers of the Followers) (7/442), and in (Followers of their Followers) (9/38); thus, he is among the unknowns. Fourthly: Even if we concede—hypothetically—that he is not al-Barsānī, it does not justify the assertion that al-Ṣalt is Ibn Bahrām, because this was not explicitly stated except in the narration of this Muqriʾ, who is unknown. Fifthly: If that is the case, then who is this al-Ṣalt? As for al-Bukhārī, his previous practice clearly indicates that he is Ibn Mihrān, as he included the ḥadīth in his biography, and similarly, Ibn Abī Ḥātim said about him (4/439/927 1): "He narrated from al-Ḥasan and Shahr ibn Ḥawshab, and from him Muḥammad ibn Bakr al-Barsānī and Sahl ibn Ḥammād narrated." Accordingly, "there are two al-Ṣalts here: Ibn Bahrām, who was deemed trustworthy by a group as mentioned earlier, and Ibn Mihrān, who is not well-known; because no one narrated from him except al-Barsānī and Shahr. Therefore, al-Dhahabī said in "al-Mīzān": "He is obscure, Ibn al-Qaṭṭān said: unknown status." The apparent statement of al-Bazzār leans towards this al-Ṣalt being the first; for he said after the ḥadīth:"