just as Uthman ibn Sa‘id narrated from him. He said (105/333):

“They asked him, ‘What of Shumaysah?’ He replied, ‘Trustworthy. Shu‘bah, Ibn Abi Hazim, and al-Darawardi narrated from her; there is nothing objectionable about her.’”

I say: This is an important addition to Shumaysah’s biography in Tahdhib al-Mizzi and the works derived from it. Abdullah ibn Ahmad mentioned this Shumaysah among the narrators who saw Shu‘bah in his book al-‘Ilal (1/162). He then said (1/267 and 2/245):

“My father told me: Ubayd Allah ibn Thawr told us: My mother told me, ‘I saw Shumaysah, daughter of Aziz ibn Ghafir al-Wasqiyyah—’ Ubayd Allah said: ‘A clan of ours, namely al-Atik’—‘wearing two anklets, and she was a very old woman.’”

I say: Apparently, she is the one mentioned in Buhshal’s History of Wasit. He said (109/88):

“Muhammad ibn Isma‘il told us: Affan told us: Shu‘bah told us: My mother said to me, ‘There is a woman here who narrates from Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her; go and listen to her.’ He said: So I went and listened to her. Then I said, ‘I have gone.’ She said, ‘May Allah keep you safe.’”

Abu al-Hasan—namely, Buhshal, the author—said:

“This woman is called Shamsiyyah—thus written—and Umm Salamah.”

This is another detail uniquely reported by Buhshal: that her kunyah was Umm Salamah. It is something that should be added to al-Hafiz al-Dhahabi’s al-Muqtaṇa fi Sard al-Kuna.

His wording, “Shamsiyyah,” I believe to be a corruption of “Shumaysah.” And Allah Most High knows best.

In sum, this Shumaysah is trustworthy, unlike Sumayyah, who is unknown,