mention any comments by him on it. He narrated it as a report traced back to the Prophet through a weak chain of transmission, saying: Abū al-Qāsim—meaning ‘Abd al-‘Azīz ibn ‘Alī al-Azjī—narrated to us, saying: Judge ‘Umar ibn Sabank narrated to us: Ahmad ibn al-Qāsim ibn Nasr ibn Ziyād narrated to us: Abū Sālim al-‘Alā’ ibn Maslamah narrated to us