(1) For the biography of ‘Ammār ibn Matar, known as Abū ‘Uthmān al-Rahāwī, see Mīzān al-I‘tidāl, 3:169–170, and Lisān al-Mīzān, 4:275–276. After citing the hadith concerning the sun’s return through his chain of transmission, Ibn Hajar said: “Ibn Hishām narrated from Ibn Sīrīn, from Abū Hurayra—may Allah be pleased with him—that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said: ‘The sun was never returned except for Joshua son of Nun.’” Al-Dhahabī said of ‘Ammār ibn Matar, as quoted by Ibn Hajar: “He is hālik (utterly unreliable), although some declared him trustworthy, and some described him as skilled in hadith memorization.” Al-Dhahabī also said: “Ibn Hibbān said: ‘He used to steal hadiths.’ Al-‘Uqaylī said: ‘He transmits unacceptable reports on the authority of trustworthy narrators.’” Abū Hātim al-Rāzī stated in al-Jarh wa-l-Ta‘dīl, vol. [0 - 9], part 1, p. 394—as quoted by al-Dhahabī and Ibn Hajar—“He used to lie.” (2) All manuscripts read: “‘Abd Allāh ibn Mūsā al-‘Ansī” (undotted in (m)). The correct reading is the one I have adopted. The name appeared in the same form a few pages earlier (175–176). He is ‘Abd Allāh ibn Mūsā ibn Abī al-Mukhtār, whose name was Bādhām, al-‘Absī. See his biography in Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb, 7:53, which states: “Ibn Sa‘d said: ‘He died in Dhū al-Qa‘da in the year 213.’ … Al-Hākim said: ‘I heard Qāsim ibn Qāsim al-Sayyārī say: I heard Abū Muslim al-Baghdādī, the hadith scholar, say: “ ‘Ubayd Allāh ibn Mūsā is among those whose reports are abandoned; Ahmad abandoned his reports because of his Shi‘i inclinations.”’ … Ibn Qāni‘ said: ‘He was a righteous Kūfan with Shi‘i inclinations.’ Al-Sājī said: ‘He was excessive in his Shi‘i inclinations.’” Al-Dhahabī said of him in Mīzān al-I‘tidāl, 3:16: “… Abū Dāwūd said: ‘He was an ardent Shi‘i.’” (3) n, m: hadīthunā (our hadith); this is a textual corruption. (4) n, m: hadīthan (a hadith).