Note / Clarification: (1) The narrator's words "from his father" have dropped out of manuscript (Z).

Note / Clarification: (2) In manuscripts (Z) and (B) and in al-Dhahabi's "Talkhis al-Mustadrak" this verb is vowelled with the third-person "ya'", which is a "tashif" (misreading) of the reading of Ubayy bin Ka'b, because Ubayy bin Ka'b's reading is with the second-person "ta'" (you), as is explicitly stated in the narration of Abu Ubayd al-Qasim bin Sallam in "Fada'il al-Qur'an" (p. 358), Abu Dawud in his "Sunan" (3980) and al-Tabari in his "Tafsir" (11/ 126). This report preceded in abridged form at no. (2983), in the readings of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), mentioning this reading, and there it was vowelled correctly in manuscripts (Z) and (S), i.e. with the second-person "ta'".

Grading: (3) This chain is "hasan" because of "Abd Allah bin Abd al-Rahman bin Abza" and "al-Sari bin Yahya" (Ibn al-Sari, the nephew of Hannad). The latter (al-Sari) is corroborated (has a mutabi').
Corroborating chains and supporting reports: And the story of Ubayy bin Ka'b mentioned here has a "sahih shahid", but without mention of the verse of Surah Yunus which Ubayy bin Ka'b cited as evidence.
Note / Clarification: "Qabisah" is Ibn Uqbah, and "Sufyan" is al-Thawri.

Reference / Source: Ahmad (35/ 21137) recorded it from Mu'ammal bin Isma'il, and Abu Dawud (3980) from Muhammad bin Kathir; both of them narrate it from Sufyan al-Thawri with this chain.

Technical note / Defect ('illah): (Caution): In Ibn Sa'd (2/ 294), in the narration of Mu'ammal from Sufyan, his brother "Sa'id bin Abd al-Rahman bin Abza" is mentioned in place of Abd Allah. Likewise it came in al-Tahawi's "Sharh Mushkil al-Athar" (3622, 5587) from Abd Allah bin Muhammad bin Sa'id bin Abi Maryam, from Muhammad bin Yusuf al-Firyabi, from Sufyan al-Thawri. This is a "mistake", because Ibn Abi Maryam contradicted in this all the other students of Muhammad bin Yusuf al-Firyabi (among them Imam al-Bukhari, who narrated this report from him in "Khalq Af'al al-'Ibad" 564), who mentioned "Abd Allah bin Abd al-Rahman bin Abza". And about this Ibn Abi Maryam, Ibn Adi said: He narrated falsehoods (bawatil) from al-Firyabi. We (the editors) say: And Mu'ammal is "sayyi' al-hifz" (of poor memory), though Ahmad narrated it from him correctly, as preceded.