by al-Mizzī in his biographical entry on Muḥammad ibn al-Muthannā. Although he was trustworthy and one of al-Bukhārī’s shaykhs, he made occasional errors, as al-ʿAsqalānī stated in al-Taqrīb. Thus, the narration of one such as him cannot be set against Saʿīd ibn Abī ʿArūbah’s narration from Qatādah.

Al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Kathīr mentioned this after the foregoing narration of Ibn Masʿūd and said in his exegesis (2/39):

“If this was authentically preserved as having occurred on the day of al-Ḥudaybiyyah, it is possible that he repeated this statement on that occasion, just as he said it on the day of Badr.”

As for al-Ḥāfiẓ, he said in Fatḥ al-Bārī (7/288):

“Al-Ṭabarānī reports that Saʿd ibn ʿUbādah said this at al-Ḥudaybiyyah.”

I say: I have not come across this report. And Allah knows best.

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The remarkable account of the Conquest of Mecca and Abū Sufyān’s acceptance of Islam, in its most complete authentic narration

3341—(The Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out, appointing Abū Ruhm Kulthūm ibn Ḥuṣayn al-Ghifārī as his deputy over Medina.

He departed after ten days of Ramadan had passed. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ fasted, and the people fasted with him, until, when he reached al-Kadīd (1), between ʿUsfān and Amaj, he broke his fast.

Then he proceeded until he encamped at Marr al-Ẓahrān (2), accompanied by ten thousand Muslims;