and al-Dāraqutnī. Abū Ḥātim said, “At the beginning of his career he was sound, but toward the end of his life he became confused. He was asked, ‘What is your judgement on him?’ He replied, ‘He is nothing,’ and he rejected the reports he narrated from Abū al-Ashʿath.”

Al-Jawzajānī said, “I fear that his ḥadith are fabricated.” Ibn ʿAdī, however, remarked, “I hope there is no harm in him!”

As for the narration of Ibn ʿUmar, Ibn ʿAdī produced it (1/295), and al-Sahmī cited it from him in Tārīkh Jurjān (315) by way of Muḥammad ibn Faḍl, from Karz ibn Wabara, from ʿAṭāʾ, from him, as a Prophetic report in its entirety—though it makes no mention of the stars.

Ibn ʿAdī commented, “Most of Muḥammad ibn Faḍl’s narrations are such that the reliable transmitters do not corroborate him.”

I say: he is Muḥammad ibn ʿAṭiyyah. Al-Fallās declared, “He is a liar,” and al-Bukhārī rated him extremely weak, saying, “They have abandoned him.”

As for Karz ibn Wabara, al-Sahmī devoted a lengthy entry to him (295–316), listing many of his narrations from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar, al-Rabīʿ ibn Khaytham, Ṭāwūs, Naʿīm ibn Abī Hind, ʿAṭāʾ ibn Abī Rabāḥ, Mujāhid, and Abū Ayyūb, and he wrote: “He was known for his asceticism and devotion.”