(1) The chain is weak because Ubayd Allah ibn Ali ibn Urfata is unknown, while the remaining transmitters are trustworthy. The report is found in the Musnad 4/311, Ibn Majah (3657) and al-Mustadrak 4/150. A supporting narration from Muawiya ibn Hayda appears in Ahmad 5/3, 5; Abu Dawud (5139); al-Tirmidhi (1898); and al-Bukhari, al-Adab al-Mufrad (3) with the wording: “I asked, Messenger of Allah, whom should I honour? He replied, ‘Your mother.’ I asked, ‘Whom should I honour?’ He replied, ‘Your mother.’ I asked again, ‘Whom should I honour?’ He replied, ‘Your mother.’ I asked, ‘Whom should I honour?’ He replied, ‘Your father, then the next closest and the next closest.’” Its isnad is hasan; al-Tirmidhi graded it hasan, al-Hakim declared it sahih 4/150, and al-Dhahabi concurred. Another corroboration comes from Kulayb ibn Manfaʿa, recorded by Abu Dawud (5140) and al-Bukhari, al-Adab al-Mufrad (47), with the wording: “My grandfather asked, Messenger of Allah, whom should I honour? He said, ‘Your mother and your father, your sister and your brother, and the mawla who is next in line; this is an obligatory right and a bond that must be maintained.’” Its isnad is hasan as supporting evidence. A further narration is transmitted from Abu Rimtha in Ahmad 2/226 and al-Hakim 4/150–151. (2) A biographical note on him is given above on p. 162 of this volume. (3) The nisba al-Hawdi refers to al-Hawd, a locality in Basra; see al-Ansab 4/271 and Muʿjam al-Buldan 2/320. (4) Tahdhib al-Kamal, fol. 680. (5) Tahdhib al-Kamal, fol. 680. (6) al-Jarh wa-l-Taʿdil 5/55; Tahdhib al-Kamal, fol. 680. (7) Al-Hafiz states in the Muqaddima, p. 411: “Al-Bukhari met him and transmitted a few hadiths from him, and Muhammad also narrated other hadiths on his authority.”