another chain. Ibn Abī al-Dunyā said in the book "Ḥusn al-Ẓann": ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Jarīr narrated to us: Muslim ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to us: Nūḥ ibn Qays narrated to us from Ashʿath ibn Jābir from Makhūl from ʿAmr ibn ʿAbasah who said: An old man came to the Prophet while leaning on a stick and said: O Prophet of Allāh! I have sins and transgressions, will I be forgiven? ... the ḥadīth. And this contains nothing [but] a break in the chain between Makhūl and ʿAmr ibn ʿAbasah." I said: I have some observations here: the first: perhaps it would be better to say: I have found a corroborating witness for it; because it is clearer for the intended meaning as is evident. the second: he has gone too far in attributing it to Ibn Abī al-Dunyā, giving the impression that no one of a higher and more famous rank narrated it! But that is not the case, for Imām Aḥmad included it in "al-Musnad" (4/385): Surayj ibn al-Nuʿmān narrated to us: Nūḥ ibn Qays narrated it. the third: it does not contain the ḥadīth of the chapter; contrary to what is implied by his statement: "... the ḥadīth"! the fourth: his statement: "it contains nothing but a break..." suggests that its narrators are trustworthy, and that if not for the break, it would have a sound isnād. This contradicts what his teacher al-Haythamī said in "Majmaʿ al-Zawāʾid" (1/32): "Aḥmad and al-Ṭabarānī narrated it, and its narrators are reliable; except that it is from the narration of Makhūl from ʿAmr ibn ʿAbasah, and I do not know if he heard from him or not."