(1) In Fada’il al-Qurʾān (209/A), on the authority of Jabir al-Juʿfī from Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yazīd, who relates that “Abu Bakr and ʿUmar said…” and similar wording. Its isnād is weak, for Jabir al-Juʿfī is abandoned (matrūk) on account of lying and innovation. ʿAbbās al-Dūrī commented, “Jabir was a liar,” and al-Nasāʾī declared, “This ḥadīth is abandoned; he is not reliable and his narrations are not recorded.” See Tahdhīb al-Kamāl (4:465–472) and Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb (2:46–51). Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yazīd did not meet Abu Bakr or ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them). See Tahdhīb al-Kamāl (1:648–652) and Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb (9:308–309). 1 The author records this report from ʿAlī in Al-Burhān (p. 48) and in Al-Sirāṭ al-Mustaqīm fī Ithbāt al-Ḥarf al-Qadīm (p. 32), though I have found no other occurrence. ʿAbd al-Razzāq transmits it in his Muṣannaf (8:472, no. 15946), and it is also reported via Ibn Ḥazm in …