(1) Copies J, D, and T read: “And he also said.” (2) The printed edition likewise inserts the particle “also” after “al-Kirmani.” Harb b. Ismail b. Khalaf al-Hanzali al-Kirmani was a distinguished follower of Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal. He heard a number of Ahmad’s legal queries and these were later transmitted by Ahmad’s students, such as al-Khallal. He was the leading jurist of his region, and the ruling authority entrusted judicial matters to him. See: Tabaqat al-Hanabila 1:145. (3) The printed text reads: “this Sindhi if it was …” and so forth. (4) This statement conveys the same sense as the preceding one. See Masail al-Imam Ahmad by al-Naysaburi 2:145–46. (5) The printed edition reads: “with it.” (6) The word “also” is absent from copy A. (7) Ahmad b. Nasr b. Malik al-Khuza‘i, Abu Abd Allah, was a trustworthy and eminent scholar. During the reign of the caliph al-Wathiq he was interrogated about the Mu‘tazili doctrine of the createdness of the Quran; he refused to endorse the innovation and insisted on affirming the believers’ vision of their Lord on the Day of Resurrection, as established by Allah and His Messenger. Al-Wathiq had him executed and his head was displayed in Baghdad in 231/846. His martyrdom—and that of many other leading Salaf—was one outcome of Mu‘tazili heresies masquerading as “freedom.” See: Taqrib al-Tahdhib 1:27, no. 134 A; Tabaqat al-Hanabila 1:81–82, no. 75. (8) Hiban b. Musa b. Sawar al-Sulami al-Marwazi, Abu Muhammad, was a reliable transmitter from whom al-Bukhari, Muslim, and others narrated. He died in 233/847. See: Tahdhib al-Tahdhib 2:174–75, no. 315.