“When Ibn Abi Talib was killed, al-Hasan rose to address the people ...” and he mentioned it. Al-Bazzar recorded it (2573): Amr ibn Ali related to us; Abu Asim related to us; Sakin ibn Abd al-Aziz related to us through this chain.

Abu Ya'la also recorded it (4/1596): Ibrahim ibn al-Hajjaj informed us; Sakin related it to us through the same chain. However, he added to the chain of transmission, saying: from Khalid ibn Jabir, from his father, from al-Hasan ... Thus, he inserted Jabir, Khalid’s father, into it. Al-Tabarani likewise narrated it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (2/235/8634), through Abd al-Rahman, who said: Sakin ibn Abd al-Aziz related it to us through this chain. Al-Tabarani said: “No one narrated it except Sakin; Abd al-Rahman was alone in narrating it.”

I say: Rather, Ibrahim ibn al-Hajjaj corroborated him, as mentioned above. Al-Bazzar said: “We know of no one who narrated it from Hafs except Sakin, and its chain of transmission is acceptable.” That is what he said! Yet Hafs ibn Khalid ibn Jabir, his father, and his grandfather are unknown. Ibn Abi Hatim listed Hafs and his father (1/2/172, 323), but mentioned neither criticism nor accreditation for either of them. Regarding Hafs, he said: “He narrated from his father, and Sakin ibn Abd al-Aziz narrated from him.” Regarding Khalid ibn Jabir, he said: “He narrated from al-Hasan ibn Ali, and his son Hafs ibn Khalid ibn Jabir narrated from him.”

I say: This accords with al-Bazzar’s narration. But in al-Bukhari’s Tarikh (1/2/362–363), it states: “Hafs ibn Khalid ibn Jabir heard his father narrate from his grandfather: al-Hasan ibn Ali said: Ali was killed ...”