Technical note / Defect ('illah): In the manuscripts this word is distorted into "Astarabad", whereas this shaykh was from "Asadabad", not Astarabad. There is a distance of hundreds of miles between these two cities (both are in Iran; Astarabad is in the west near Jurjan and Asadabad in the east near Hamadhan). In the other books of Imam al-Hakim and al-Bayhaqi, the narrations of this narrator named al-Zubayr are correctly present with the name "Asadabad".
Reference / Source: For his biography, see "Siyar A'lam al-Nubala'", volume 15, page 570.

Grading: Its chain is "hasan" on account of Zayd bin al-Harish.
Technical note / Defect ('illah): More than one narrator narrated from Zayd bin al-Harish (Tarikh al-Islam 5/ 1143). Ibn Hibban mentioned him in "al-Thiqat" 8/ 251 and said that he occasionally erred. Muhammad bin al-Zibriqan is "saduq" and jayyid al-hadith, and all the remaining narrators are thiqah.
Note / Clarification: 'Abdan al-Ahwazi is his nickname, and his name is Abd Allah bin Ahmad bin Musa al-Qadi, while Yazid bin Ibrahim refers to "al-Tustari", who resided in Basra.

Reference / Source: We did not find this narration "musnad" (with a connected chain) with anyone other than the author (al-Hakim); however, Ibn Sa'd mentioned it in "al-Tabaqat" 5/ 227 from Muhammad bin 'Umar al-Waqidi from Abu Hurayrah as "mu'dal", without a chain.