The author said:
Others besides these have narrated it from Asmā’, and he narrated (1) it through Abū al-‘Abbās ibn ‘Uqdah, who, despite his good memory, was an avid collector of the fabrications (2) of the Shia.
Abū Ahmad ibn ‘Adī said: “I saw the scholars of Baghdad speak ill (3) of him, saying: ‘He has no religious scruples concerning hadith. He induces shaykhs in Kufa to lie, prepares (4) written collections for them, and instructs them to narrate these.’”
Al-Dāraqutnī said: “Ibn ‘Uqdah was an evil man (5).”
Ibn ‘Uqdah said: Yahyā ibn Zakariyyā narrated to us; Ya‘qūb ibn Ma‘bad informed us; ‘Amr ibn Thābit narrated to us, saying:
I asked ‘Abd Allāh ibn Hasan ibn Hasan ibn ‘Alī about the hadith concerning the return of the sun for ‘Alī: “Has it been established among you?”
He replied: “Allah has revealed nothing concerning ‘Alī in His Book greater than the return of the sun.”
I said: “You have spoken the truth. May Allah make me your ransom! But I would like to hear it from you.”
He said: [‘Abd Allāh narrated to me], my father al-Hasan narrated to me (6), from Asmā’ bint ‘Umays, who said:
“One day ‘Alī came, intending to offer the ‘Asr prayer with the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and found