a wolf), and the addition within the brackets is my conjecture; I believe it to be correct based on the two preceding narrations, but I was prevented from asserting it definitively by this narration of Aḥmad, and because I did not find anyone who mentioned (Ibn Abī Dhubāb) among the narrators from (Muḥammad ibn Jubayr ibn Muṭʿim) or among the teachers of (al-Ḥārith ibn Yazīd al-Ḥaḍramī); he is al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Saʿd ibn Abī Dhubāb al-Dawsī, who is truthful but errs, and is among the men of Muslim; as mentioned in "al-Taqrīb," so Allāh knows best! Therefore, the matter requires further investigation, so whoever finds [more information], let them present it, and may Allāh reward them well. The ḥadīth was cited by al-Haythamī (10/54-55), who said: "It was narrated by Aḥmad, Abū Yaʿlá..., and al-Bazzār in a similar manner, and al-Ṭabarānī, and one of the isnāds of Aḥmad, and the isnād of Abū Yaʿlá and al-Bazzār are the men of (al-Ṣaḥīḥ)." (Note): I previously mentioned that al-Bukhārī included the ḥadīth in "al-Tārīkh," and my esteemed brother (Waṣī Allāh) preceded me in attributing it to (al-Bukhārī) in his commentary on "al-Faḍāʾil," but he attributed it generally without specifying "al-Tārīkh," which might lead one to think it is in "al-Ṣaḥīḥ"! Hence, the clarification was necessary. *

- (Indeed, a people will come after me, one of them would wish to ransom his family and wealth for seeing me). It was narrated by al-Bazzār in "Musnad" (3/319/2841): Aḥmad ibn ʿAmr ibn ʿUbaydah al-ʿAṣfūrī narrated to us: ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Ḥanafī narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī al-Zinād narrated from ʿAmr ibn Abī ʿAmr from Suhayl ibn Abī Ṣāliḥ from his father from Abū Hurayrah who said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said: ... and he mentioned it. I say: And this isnād consists of trustworthy men; except for a difference of opinion regarding ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī al-Zinād,