Technical note / Restoration: This (narrator's name) had dropped out of the manuscripts; we have supplied it from the narration of Abu Nu'aym al-Asbahani in "Ma'rifat al-Sahabah" (1326). There he narrated this report from Abu Hamid bin Jabalah, from Muhammad bin Ishaq al-Thaqafi, from 'Umar bin Muhammad bin al-Hasan, from his father, from "Ziyad", from Ibn Ishaq. Abu Nu'aym narrated several reports with this chain, and "Ziyad" is mentioned in all of them, so his mention is necessary here too. He is "Ziyad bin Abd Allah al-Bakka'i", one of the best-known narrators of the Sirah from Ibn Ishaq, and it was from him that Ibn Hisham took the Sirah.

Grading: The narrators of this chain are "la ba'sa bihim" (there is no harm in them; acceptable).

Reference / Source: This narration was recorded by Abu Nu'aym al-Asbahani in "Ma'rifat al-Sahabah" (1326) from Abu Hamid Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Jabalah, from Muhammad bin Ishaq al-Thaqafi (who is "al-Sarraj"), with this same chain.

Reference / Source: Khalifah bin Khayyat mentioned it in his "Tarikh" (p. 102) through Bakr bin Sulayman al-Basri from Muhammad bin Ishaq.

Details of the narration: The report that Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) appointed "Thabit bin Qays" (may Allah be pleased with him) over the Ansar under the command of Khalid bin al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) was narrated by Muhammad bin Ishaq from Muhammad bin Ja'far bin al-Zubayr, from 'Urwah bin al-Zubayr, in "mursal" form. Likewise al-Bayhaqi recorded it in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" (8/334) from Abu Abd Allah al-Hakim, from Abu al-'Abbas Muhammad bin Ya'qub, from Ahmad bin Abd al-Jabbar, from Yunus bin Bukayr, from Ibn Ishaq.

Corroborating chains and supporting reports: Khalifah bin Khayyat also narrated it in his "Tarikh" (p. 102) from 'Amir al-Sha'bi and Yazid bin Ruman in "mursal" form.