(1) In Khalq Af‘āl al-‘Ibād (The Creation of Servants’ Actions), p. 38, al-Bukhārī reports: “Abū Ja‘far told me: I heard Yaḥyā ibn Ayyūb say: …” (2) This is the book Khalq Af‘āl al-‘Ibād wa al-Radd ‘alā al-Jahmiyya by al-Bukhārī. It is regarded as one of the finest works authored by the early scholars (the Salaf) in refuting those who deny divine attributes (muʿaṭṭila), including the Jahmiyya. The text was first printed in Delhi in 1306 AH, edited by Shams al-Ḥaqq ʿAbd al-ʿAzīm ʿAbādī; several later editions followed. Adapted from: Fuʾād Sezgin, Tarīkh al-Turāth al-ʿArabī (History of Arabic Heritage), vol. 1, pt. 1, ʿUlūm al-Qurʾān wa al-Ḥadīth, p. 259; and the introduction by Dr. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ʿAmīra (editor), pp. 24–26. (3) He is Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyā ibn Ayyūb al-Muqabbirī al-Baghdādī, a leading imām of ḥadīth and the Sunnah, rated reliable by multiple authorities. Born in 157 AH and died in 233 AH. See: al-Baghdādī, Tarīkh Baghdād, 14:188–189; Ibn Abī Ya‘lā, Ṭabaqāt al-Ḥanābila, 1:400–401; Ibn al-ʿImād, Shadharāt al-Dhahab, 2:79. (4) In Khalq Af‘āl al-‘Ibād: “One day…” (5) In Khalq Af‘āl al-‘Ibād: “…he said to him…” (6) In Khalq Af‘āl al-‘Ibād: “One day.” (7) He is Abū ʿAbd Allāh Dumra ibn Rabīʿa al-Ramlī of Damascus, a master ḥāfiẓ, exemplar, and muhaddith of Palestine. Imām Aḥmad said of him: “He is a trustworthy, dependable man, righteous and excellent in ḥadīth.” He died in 202 AH. See: Ibn Sa‘d, al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kubrā, 7:471; Ibn ʿAsākir, Tahdhīb, 7:39–40; al-Dhahabī, Siyar A‘lām al-Nubalāʾ, 9:325–327. (8) The text between brackets is omitted in all manuscripts; it has been supplied from Khalq Af‘āl al-‘Ibād, p. 31, and reflects a copyist’s oversight.