(1) Sulayman b. Dawud b. Hamad b. Saʿd al-Mahri, Abu al-Rabiʿ, was a man of learning, jurisprudence, and asceticism. Al-Nasaʾi judged him trustworthy and Ibn Hibban listed him among the reliable. He was born in 178 AH and died in 253 AH. See Tahdhib al-Tahdhib 4:176, 187, no. 317 (letter S). (2) In MS B the verb reads anbāʾanā (“he informed us”). (3) ʿAbd Allah b. Wahb b. Muslim al-Qurashi, their freedman, Abu Muhammad, the Egyptian jurist. Ahmad said: “Ibn Wahb possessed intellect, religion, and uprightness.” Ibn Maʿin, al-ʿAjli, al-Khalili, and others likewise declared him reliable. Ibn Saʿd added: “He had vast knowledge and was trustworthy whenever he said ‘he narrated to us,’ though he practiced tadlis.” Born 125 AH, died 197 AH. See Tahdhib al-Tahdhib 6:71–74, no. 140 (letter ʿAyn); Ibn Saʿd, al-Tabaqat al-kubra 7:518. (4) ʿAbd Allah b. Lahiaʿa b. ʿUqba b. Furʿan al-Hadrami, the Egyptian jurist and judge. Scholars are sharply divided over his reliability: early on he was deemed trustworthy but imprecise, while later—especially after his books burned—his condition worsened and his memory became confused. Reports transmitted from him by Ibn al-Mubarak and Ibn Wahb, however, are considered sound. Born 96 AH, died 174 AH. See Ibn Saʿd, al-Tabaqat al-kubra 7:516; Taqrib al-Tahdhib 1:444, no. 574 (“ʿAbd Allah”). (5) Yahya b. Azhar al-Misri, a client of Quraysh. Ibn Hajar cites Ibn Bukayr as praising him, and Ibn Hibban lists him among the trustworthy. See Tahdhib al-Tahdhib 11:176, no. 301. (6) ʿAmmar b. Saʿd al-Salhami al-Muradi. Ibn Hibban counted him trustworthy and Ibn Yunus likewise graded him reliable; he was regarded as a virtuous man and died in 148 AH. See Tahdhib al-Tahdhib 7:401–402, no. 650.