Note / Clarification: (1) In the manuscripts this nisbah is corrupted into "al-Ayli" (with ya' after the alif instead of mim), whereas the correct nisbah is to "Amul", the capital of Tabaristan and its largest city. Imam Muhammad bin Jarir al-Tabari narrated from him abundantly in his "Tafsir" and "Tahdhib al-Athar", and attributes him as "al-Amuli".

Grading: (2) All its narrators are thiqah (trustworthy) except 'Amr bin 'Abd al-Hamid al-Amuli, whose biography we have not found, except that Imam al-Tabari narrated from him abundantly in his "Tafsir" and "Tahdhib al-Athar", and he was his fellow townsman.
Technical note / Defect ('illah): There is disagreement in its chain from Abu Usamah (Hammad bin Usamah), as explained at number (5642), over whether 'Urwah bin al-Zubayr is mentioned in the chain or not. The takhrij concerning al-Zubayr's Islam and his not staying behind from the expeditions has already passed there.

Details of the narration: It will come later at number (5652) via Abu al-Aswad, from 'Urwah, from al-Zubayr, who said: "By Allah! The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not go out on any expedition or raiding party except that I was in it." So the narrator made the chain connected (mawsul) by mentioning al-Zubayr, i.e. that it was al-Zubayr himself who told his son 'Urwah this.

Technical note / Defect ('illah): As for the other reports here concerning al-Zubayr bin al-'Awwam, no one other than "'Amr bin 'Abd al-Hamid al-Amuli" mentioned them gathered together like this. However, Ibn Sa'd 3/ 95 narrated the mention of al-Zubayr's brotherhood (mu'akhah) with Ibn Mas'ud from Muhammad bin 'Umar al-Waqidi, from Musa bin Muhammad bin Ibrahim, from his father, as "mursal".

Reference / Source: And from others he narrated what contradicts this, through several good (jayyid) mursal chains. Among them is Hisham bin 'Urwah from his father: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) established brotherhood between al-Zubayr and Ka'b bin Malik. Ibn 'Asakir 50/ 187 narrated it via Hammad bin Salamah, from Hisham bin 'Urwah, from his father,
Grading: and this is more sound (asahh).

Technical note / Defect ('illah): As for the description of al-Zubayr bin al-'Awwam's height, the opposite of what is here has also been narrated. That is what Abu Nu'aym narrated in "al-Ma'rifah" (410) and Ibn 'Asakir 18/ 345 - 346 via Ibn Abi al-Zinad, and 18/ 346 via Abu al-Zinad, both from Hisham bin 'Urwah, from his father: "Al-Zubayr was tall; when he rode a mount his feet would touch the ground."
Grading: And this is more sound (asahh).

Reference / Source: The abundance of al-Zubayr's hair is narrated by Ibn Sa'd 3/ 100, Abu Nu'aym in "al-Ma'rifah" (407) and (408), and Ibn 'Asakir 18/ 345 - 347 through several routes.