(1) In Ibn Sa‘d’s Tabaqat (supplementary section), p. 186: “I saw al-Zuhri’s grave at Udma, which lies beyond Shaghb and Bada‘, the earliest monuments in Palestine.” (2) The same reading appears in manuscript Q; manuscripts B and H record only: “O grave, how much knowledge and forbearance you contain.” (3) In Q the phrase reads bi-Shaghb thanayn (“two in Shaghb”), a scribal error. The correct reading, attested in B and H, was given above in the discussion of Shaghb. (4) This is also an intrusive addition found only in Q (absent in B and H). It runs as follows: Section: Tabarani reports from Ishaq ibn Ibrahim, who related from ‘Abd al-Razzaq, from Ma‘mar, that Salih ibn Kaysan said: “Al-Zuhri and I met in order to seek knowledge, and we said, ‘Let us record the Sunan,’ so we wrote down what came from the Prophet, peace be upon him. Then he said to me, ‘Come; let us record what comes from his Companions, for that too is Sunna.’ I replied, ‘That is not Sunna; we must not write it.’ He therefore recorded their reports, while I did not—and thus I lost out.” (This report is recorded by Abu Nu‘aym in al-Hilya 3:360 via Tabarani; by Ibn Sa‘d in his Tabaqat [supplementary section], p. 168; and by Abu al-Walid al-Baji in al-Ta‘dil wa al-Tajrīh 2:783 via ‘Abd al-Razzaq.) Imam Ahmad narrated from Ma‘mar: “We thought we had surpassed al-Zuhri until al-Walid was killed, and the registers were carried away on beasts from his library, labelled ‘From the knowledge of al-Zuhri.’” (al-Hilya al-Awliya 3:361.) It is related from al-Layth ibn Sa‘d that when a bowl was placed before Ibn Shihab, he recalled a hadith and would not remove his hand from the bowl until dawn, continuing until he perfected it. Asbgh ibn al-Faraj narrated from Ibn Wahb, from Yunus, from al-Zuhri, who said: “Knowledge is like a valley: when you enter its depths, you must advance patiently until you emerge, for you cannot cross it except by letting it carry you.” Al-Tabarani also reports: Ahmad ibn Yahya Tha‘lab narrated that al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar told him, from Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Zabala, from Malik ibn Anas, from al-Zuhri, who said: “I served ‘Ubayd Allah ibn ‘Utba so closely that whenever his servant went out, the gatekeeper would ask, ‘Who is at the door?’ The porter would reply, ‘Your lad al-A‘mash,’ and they would think it was I. Indeed, I used to fetch water for his ablution.” Finally, ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad related from Muhammad ibn ‘Abbad, from al-Thawri, from Malik ibn Anas—through al-Zuhri, in my view—that: “I followed Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyib for three days in pursuit of a hadith.”