and Ibn Lahīʿah is ʿAbd Allāh al-Miṣrī, and he has poor memory except for what the ʿAbādilah narrated from him: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Wahb, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yazīd al-Muqriʾ, and ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak. This is from the narration of the first among them, for ʿAmr Aḥmad in this chain is ʿAbd Allāh ibn Wahb, who is too well-known to need mention. As for Aḥmad, he is Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Wahb ibn Muslim al-Miṣrī, nicknamed (Baḥshal), and he is truthful but changed towards the end, as mentioned in "al-Taqrīb," and Muslim relied on him, so his ḥadīth is considered good if not contradicted. Imām Aḥmad also narrated it (5/259): Yaḥyá ibn Isḥāq al-Sayliḥīnī narrated to us, Ibn Lahīʿah narrated to us with it, except that he said: "on the day of the conquest" instead of "the Farewell Pilgrimage." The first is more authentic.

"Do not name with the branding. Meaning on the face." It was narrated by al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr" (3/142/1-2): Zakariyyā ibn Yaḥyá al-Sājī narrated to us, Muḥammad ibn al-Muthanná narrated to us, ʿUthmān ibn ʿUmar narrated to us, ʿUthmān ibn Murrah narrated to us from ʿIkrimah from Ibn ʿAbbās who said: "al-ʿAbbās was traveling with the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) on a camel that had been branded on its face with fire. He said: What is this brand, O ʿAbbās? He said: A brand we used to make in the pre-Islamic period, so he mentioned it." I said: And this chain is authentic; all its men are the men of the authentic collections except for al-Sājī, and he is trustworthy as mentioned in "al-Taqrīb." It has a corroborating narration from the ḥadīth of Jaʿfar ibn Tamām from his grandfather al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib: "that the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) forbade branding on the face, so al-ʿAbbās said: I will only brand on the two sides of the mouth." It was narrated by Abū Yaʿlá (312/2) and its men are trustworthy, except that it is disconnected between Jaʿfar and his grandfather.