(1) In W the word muttasil (with an uninterrupted chain) is vocalised with either kasra or damma on the final lam; the other copies are unvocalised, while one copy of Nuzhat records it in the accusative. Al-Qari, Sharh Sharh al-Nukhbah, p. 243, explains: “It is accusative as a circumstantial qualifier (hal) of al-naql (transmission), which functions as an object, as we noted; or of the subject—namely khabar al-ahad (a solitary report)—according to the view, held by Sibawayh, that permits this. Some regard it as an adjective provided the omitted governing term is definite, a possibility most scholars reject.” See also Qada al-Watar fi Nuzhat al-Nazar, 2/664. (2) W reads ghayri, with a kasra on the ra; the present edition follows D. (3) H has yatafawat (it varies) with an initial ya. (4) D vocalises Muslimun (nominative); the adopted reading is that of J and W. Al-Qari, Sharh Sharh Nukhbat al-Fikar, p. 282, states: “It should be in the genitive, conjoined to al-Bukhari, with the governing noun omitted in the text—an omission he explicitly acknowledges in the commentary.” (5) D reads shurutuhuma (their two conditions); the phrases “thumma Muslim, thumma shartuhuma” are absent from H. (6) H has fa-in lam yatimm al-dabt (if precision is not complete) in place of fa-in khaffa al-dabt (if precision lessens). In Nuzhat al-Nazar the author glosses: “fa-in khaffa al-dabt, that is, when it decreases.” (7) B adds: fahuwa al-hasan (then it is hasan). (8) J reads fa-litarddin (owing to hesitation), whereas H has fa-la tardd (with no hesitation). (9) J places al-tafarrud (solitary narration) in the genitive; the reading adopted is that of D, W, and H. (10) The phrase wa-illa (otherwise) is missing from Z. In Nuzhat al-Nazar the author writes: “wa-illa—that is, when no doubt remains.”