is extremely tenuous. Even supposing that al-Ḥasan had declared, “I heard nothing from Samura except this single report,” we would reply: if he made that statement after Samura’s death, we would rule that he indeed received nothing else from him, for he could not have heard from Samura once the latter had passed away. If, however, he voiced it while Samura was still alive, it is entirely possible that he later heard another hadith from him after making that remark. Allah knows best.