(1) Ibn Hajar states in Fath al-Bārī, 6:199: “Shārif means an old she-camel; generally, the term is not applied to a male camel.” (2) Abtanī bi-Fātima (“consummate my marriage with Fātimah”): i.e., consummate the marriage with her. (3) Ibn al-Athīr states in al-Nihāya fī Gharīb al-Hadīth: “Idhkhir, pronounced with an initial i, is a fragrant grass laid over wooden beams to roof houses.” (4) N, M: an najma‘ (“that we gather”). The reading retained here is that found in al-Bukhārī and Muslim. (5) Al-Mu‘jam al-Wasīt defines qatab as “a small pack saddle sized to fit a camel’s hump; its plural is aqtāb.” (6) M: fī (“in”). (7) Qayna means a singing slave-girl. (8) N: khamru (“wine”); this is a textual corruption. (9) Ibn Hajar states in Fath al-Bārī, 6:200: “Shuruf is the plural of shārif, as explained above. Niwā’, pronounced with an initial i, a long ā, and no consonant doubling, is the plural of nāwiya, meaning a fat she-camel. … Al-Marzubānī relates in Mu‘jam al-Shu‘arā’ that these verses are by ‘Abd Allāh ibn al-Sā’ib ibn Abī al-Sā’ib al-Makhzūmī al-Madanī. The remainder of the line reads: ‘And they are hobbled in the courtyard.’ … The person who composed these verses and instructed the singing slave-girl to sing them intended, knowing Hamzah’s generosity, to spur him to slaughter the two she-camels so that they could eat their meat. … The expression … yā Hamz (‘O Hamzah’) … is a shortened vocative form: the z takes the vowel a, though u is also permissible.” Ibn al-Athīr also cites the line in al-Nihāya fī Gharīb al-Hadīth, under the entry sh-r-f.