Al-Qutay'ī also narrated it through another chain. He said (1): Abd Allah ibn Ghannām al-Kūfī wrote to us (2), stating that al-Hasan ibn Abd al-Rahmān ibn Abī Laylā, the blind man, had narrated to them. He said: Amr ibn Jumay narrated to us (3); Muhammad ibn Abī Laylā narrated to us from Īsā (4). He then related the hadith (5).

Amr ibn Jumay is among those whose transmissions cannot be cited as evidence. Indeed, Ibn Adī said: “He is suspected (6) of fabrication.” Yahyā said: “He is a vile liar.” Al-Nasā'ī and al-Dāraqutnī said: “His narrations are rejected.” Ibn Hibbān said: “He relates fabricated reports on the authority of reliable transmitters and objectionable reports on the authority of well-known narrators. It is not permissible (7) to record his hadith except solely for comparison with other chains (8).”

Second: This (9) hadith is a fabrication falsely attributed to the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

Third: Authentic reports transmitted through more than one route designate people other than Alī as siddīqs (people of consummate truthfulness), as Abū Bakr is designated al-Siddīq (the Consummately Truthful). How, then, can it be said, “The three siddīqs”?

In the two Sahih collections, Anas relates: “The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—ascended Mount Uhud,