(1) The original manuscript reads “himaran” (a donkey); this reading is confirmed in Ṭ and in al-Majmūʿ, and is likely the correct one. (2) In manuscript S it reads “thumma iqtaranat” (then it joined). (3) The original reads “ana” (I); this is confirmed by S, Ṭ, al-Majmūʿ, and Sahih al-Bukhari. (4) This is part of a hadith, whose opening is as follows: On the authority of Qatada, who said: “I heard Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) say: There was panic in Medina, so the Prophet (peace be upon him) borrowed a warhorse for Abu Talha called Mandub. He mounted it and said, ‘We have never seen panic except that we found it like a sea.’ ” References: Sahih al-Bukhari 3/218 (Kitab al-Jihad, chapter on riding a difficult mount); Sahih Muslim 4/1803 (Kitab al-Fada’il, chapter on the Prophet’s bravery, Hadith 49); see also Sunan Abi Dawud 5/263 (Kitab al-Adab, chapter on the dispensation in this matter, Hadith 4988); Sunan al-Tirmidhi 4/198-199 (Kitab al-Jihad, chapter on setting out in panic, Hadiths 1685–1686). Ibn Hajar comments in Fath al-Bari (11/55) on the phrase “We found it like a sea” that in the Mustamli transmission it appears simply as “w-in wajadna,” omitting the pronoun. Al-Khattabi explains that the particle ’inna here is negative, and the lām in “al-bahra” functions as “except,” hence: “We found it only as a sea.” Ibn al-Tin notes that this reflects the Kufan school’s view, whereas the Basrans regard ’inna as a light form of the heavy particle and consider “wa-salām” superfluous. Al-Asma’i states that a warhorse is called a “baḥr” (sea) either because of its wide gait or because its gallop is as inexhaustible as the sea. This interpretation is supported by a narration of Sa‘id from Qatada: “After that it could not be outrun.”