and it is known in the science of terminology that a ḥadīth classified as "disturbed" is a type of weak ḥadīth. This is because the narrator's inconsistency in accurately transmitting its isnād or text indicates that, for one reason or another, he was unable to memorize and accurately convey it, and what we are dealing with falls into this category. It seems for this reason that the ḥāfiẓ asserted in the biography of Abū Masʿūd al-Zuraqī in "al-Tahdhīb" that the correct name is: (Masʿūd ibn al-Ḥakam). Once you understand this, the reason becomes clear why the kunyah (Abū Masʿūd al-Zuraqī) does not appear in the books of kunyahs, the most comprehensive of which is "al-Muqtaḍá fī al-Kunyā" by al-Dhahabī. As for the discrepancy in the text, it is in the phrase: "when the prayer is established," whereas the correct narration by ʿAbd al-Majīd states "after the call"; meaning the adhān, as it explicitly mentions at the end that the iqāmah was established after he exited and saw the congregation in the mosque. Because of this discrepancy and that one, I included the ḥadīth of Abū ʿĀṣim in "Ḍaʿīf Abī Dāwūd" (87-88), and now the occasion has arisen to confirm this and publish the correct preserved wording. And Allāh is the Guardian of success. *

- "I was sent, and the Hour is like these two"—and he joined his middle and index fingers—, and he said: "The likeness of me and the Hour is only like two racehorses. Then he said: "The likeness of me and the Hour is only like a man whom a people sent as a scout, and when he feared he would be overtaken, he waved his garment: 'You have come, you have come, I am that, I am that.'" It was narrated by Ibn Jarīr al-Ṭabarī in his "Tārīkh" (1/8): narrated to us by Muḥammad ibn Yazīd