(1) The printed edition adds: “al-Dubai‘i.” (2) The printed edition reads: “Basra.” (3) See: Tahdhib al-Tahdhib 4:50. (4) Ahmad ibn al-Furat ibn Khalid al-Dabbi al-Razi, Abu Masud, was a traditionist and mufti, renowned for his mastery of the Prophet’s hadith, one of the leading memorisers with numerous writings and firmly grounded scholarship. The major authorities judged him reliable; Ibn Hajar notes in Taqrib al-Tahdhib that “the criticism levelled against him has no basis.” He died in 258 / 872. See: Tahdhib al-Tahdhib 1:66–67, no. 117; Taqrib al-Tahdhib 1:23, no. 102. (5) See: Tahdhib al-Tahdhib 4:50. (6) Abd al-Malik ibn Abd al-Hamid ibn Mihran al-Maimuni al-Raqqi, Abu al-Hasan, was a trustworthy and distinguished student of Imam Ahmad. Ahmad gave him precedence and respect; he remained with him for more than twenty years and transmitted many of his legal positions. Born 181 / 797, he died 274 / 887. See: Tabaqat al-Hanabila 1:212–16, no. 282. (7) MSS A, B, and T read: “aʿmataha.” (8) See: al-Mughni and al-Sharh al-Kabir 1:309, 312, 313, which indicate this meaning, though not in the same wording. (9) Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sabah al-Zaʿfarani transmitted from Imam Ahmad and was a companion of al-Shafi‘i. The scholars class him among the reliable narrators. He died in 260 / 874. See: Tabaqat al-Hanabila 1:138, no. 172; Taqrib al-Tahdhib 1:170, no. 315 h.