(1) All the transmitters are reliable, yet there is a gap between Ibn Abi Najih and Umar. The report is found in al-Tabaqat 3/1/300; al-Hakim 3/262, which adds: “They said to him, ‘You have not failed to benefit Islam.’ He replied, ‘That is what I meant,’” and in al-Hilya 1/102. Al-Bukhari gives a longer version in al-Tarikh al-saghir 1/54 through the chain: Abd Allah b. Yazid al-Muqri → Haywa → Abu Sakhr → Zayd b. Aslam → his father. In it Umar b. al-Khattab says to his companions: “Make a wish.” One says, “I wish this room were filled with silver coins so I could spend them in the path of Allah.” Umar says, “Make a wish.” Another says, “I wish it were filled with gold so I could spend it in the path of Allah.” He says again, “Make a wish.” A third says, “I wish it were filled with jewels, or the like, so I could spend them in the path of Allah.” Umar repeats: “Make a wish.” They reply, “After this we have no wish.” Umar then says, “But I wish this room were filled with men like Abu Ubayda b. al-Jarrah, Muadh b. Jabal, and Hudhayfa b. al-Yaman, so that I might employ them in the obedience of Allah.” He later sent some money to Hudhayfa and said, “Watch what he does with it”; Hudhayfa distributed it. He did the same with Muadh, who also distributed it, and finally with Abu Ubayda—then remarked, “Did I not tell you?” All the narrators are trustworthy except Abu Sakhr—Humayd b. Ziyad al-Kharrat—whose reports are acceptable when corroborated. (2) Missing from the base manuscript; supplied from al-Istiab 5/293. (3) A mursal report; see the earlier note no. 2 on p. 13. (4) The chain is broken: Abu Ubayda did not hear directly from his father.