(1) MS B inserts the glyph representing the Divine Name. (2) MS Y reads “al-udwa” (contagion). (3) MSS A and H have fa-yuzannu (passive, with a damma on the ya); the present edition follows D. (4) MSS D and W read fa-yaʿtaqidu in the indicative; the adopted reading is that of H and M. (5) MS B alone records fa-yaqaʿu in the indicative; the word is omitted in the other copies. Al-Laqani, Qadaʾ al-Watar, p. 893: “fa-yuzannu … fa-yaʿtaqidu … fa-yaqaʿu are in the accusative because they are coordinated to yattafiq.” Al-Qari, Sharh Sharh al-Nukhba, p. 373: “They should be read in the accusative as a coordination to the apodosis of the negation.” (6) MSS D and H have fa-umira (he was commanded), with dhamma on the hamza and kasra on the mim; the text here follows K. Al-Laqani (Qadaʾ al-Watar, p. 893) notes that both the active and passive are possible: fa-amara al-shariʿ (the Lawgiver commanded) or fu-umira dhalika al-shakhs (that person was commanded). (7) The phrase “and Allah knows best” is absent from MS T. (8) MS T reads “kitaban sammah” (“a book that he entitled”) instead of “kitab.” (9) The work is in print and constitutes a section of the larger compendium al-Umm; see al-Bayhaqi, Manaqib al-Shafiʿi, 2:304; al-Nawawi, Tahdhib al-Asmaʾ wa-l-Lughat, 3:84. (10) The reference is to Abu Muhammad ʿAbd Allah b. Muslim b. Qutayba al-Dinawari (d. 276/889); see al-Qifti, Inbah al-Ruwat, 2:143; al-Dhahabi, Siyar Aʿlam al-Nubalaʾ, 13:296. His book Taʾwil Mukhtalif al-Hadith is published. (11) The reference is to Abu Jaʿfar Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Salama al-Azdi al-Tahawi (d. 321/933); see Siyar Aʿlam al-Nubalaʾ, 15:27. His book Sharh Mushkil al-Athar is published. (12) Other contributions include Ibn Jarir al-Tabari’s Tahdhib al-Athar; among the works on mukhtalif al-hadith are Taʾwil al-Ahadith al-Mushkila by ʿAli b. Muhammad b. Mahdi al-Tabari and al-ʿAlaʾi’s al-Tanbihat al-Mujmala ʿala al-Mawadiʿ al-Mushkila, both of which are in print. On the margin of MS H: “then it was read aloud and collated.”