—may Allah ennoble his face—say, “I heard the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—say: ‘Whoever deliberately attributes a lie to me, let him take his seat in the Fire.’”

This ḥadith is not authentic with this chain (1). ʿUthmān is Abū al-Dunyā al-Ashajj, a liar, and in our classification he belongs to the eighth tier.

Al-Mufīd died in 378 AH.

191 – Buṣlah Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh al-Jurjānī *
He was the imām, the ḥadith scholar, the authoritative proof, Abū al-Ḥusayn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh al-Jurjānī.
He heard ḥadith from ʿImrān ibn Mūsā ibn Mujāshiʿ, al-Sarrāj, Ibn Khuzaymah, Ibn Jawṣā, and several others.
Abū Nuʿaym the ḥāfiẓ and others narrated from him; he is counted among the ḥuffāẓ.
He died after 360 AH.

192 – Ẓālim ibn Marhūb al-ʿUqaylī **
Amīr al-ʿArab.
He marched against Damascus more than once; eventually he seized it and assumed authority over it.