(1) Originally edited by Ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya; the reading from S is likely correct. His biography appeared earlier on p. 388. (2) He is Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Bashar ibn Uthman ibn Dawud ibn Kaysan al-Abdi al-Basri, a hadith transmitter nicknamed al-Bandar (the chief transmitter of hadith) in his region and era, also called al-Bandar al-Hafiz. He transmitted hadith to each of the authors of the six canonical collections; Abu Hatim al-Razi described him as “truthful.” He was born in 167 AH and died in 252 AH. See: al-Jarh wa al-Tadil by Ibn Abi Hatim, 3/2:214, entry 1187; Tarikh Baghdad by al-Baghdadi, 2:101–105; Siyar A‘lam al-Nubala’ by al-Dhahabi, 12:144–149. (3) In S: “to me.” (4) The text within brackets is an addition from the printed edition. In the original there is a blank space at the end of the line amounting to four words; in S it amounts to three words. (5) He is mentioned by al-Dhahabi in Siyar A‘lam al-Nubala’, 13:103, and by al-Subki in Tabaqat al-Shafi‘iya, 2:286, but I did not find him in al-Sunnah. (6) He is Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Sadaqah al-Baghdadi, an imam, muhaddith, and jurist noted for precision and careful verification. Al-Daraqutni said of him: “trustworthy, trustworthy.” He transmitted Qur’anic recitations from a group and reported many legal issues from the Imam. He died in 293 AH. See: Tarikh Baghdad by al-Baghdadi, 5:40–41; Tabaqat al-Hanabila by Ibn Abi Ya‘la, 1:64–65; Tadhkirat al-Huffaz by al-Dhahabi, 2:745–746.