Note / Clarification: (1) In the manuscripts it is written "Abu al-Qasim", which is a mistake.

Note / Clarification: (1) The text from the words "fi al-'afw" up to here was missing from our manuscripts; it was added in the margin of manuscript (M) and marked there as correct.

Grading: (2) Its isnad is "very weak" (da'if jiddan). Technical note / Defect ('illah): The reason is "Yazid bin Ziyad", who is al-Shami al-Dimashqi, not al-Ashja'i as the author (al-Hakim) mistakenly took him to be here, and on that basis he declared the isnad sahih; for al-Ashja'i is "la ba'sa bihi" (acceptable), but al-Dimashqi is "matruk al-hadith" (abandoned in hadith), and he is the narrator of this hadith. For this reason al-Bukhari (as in al-Tirmidhi's "al-'Ilal al-Kabir"), al-Tirmidhi in "al-Jami'", al-Bayhaqi in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" and al-Dhahabi in "al-Talkhis" all declared it weak.

Technical note / Defect ('illah): "Abu al-Muwajjih" is Muhammad bin Amr al-Fazari, and "Abdan" is Abd Allah bin Uthman al-Marwazi.

Reference / Source: It was recorded by al-Bayhaqi (8/ 238) via Muhammad bin Abd al-Aziz bin Abi Rizmah, from al-Fadl bin Musa, with this same isnad, but there Yazid's nisbah (attribution) is not given.

Reference / Source: It was recorded by al-Tirmidhi in "al-Jami'" (1424) and "al-'Ilal al-Kabir" (409); al-Daraqutni (3097); al-Bayhaqi (8/ 238 and 9/ 123); and al-Khatib al-Baghdadi in "Tarikh Baghdad" (3/ 282) and "al-Muttafiq wa al-Muftariq" (1786), via Muhammad bin Rabi'ah, from Yazid bin Ziyad, with this same isnad. Technical note / Defect ('illah): In these sources Muhammad bin Rabi'ah gave Yazid's nisbah as "al-Dimashqi" or "al-Shami".

Details of the narration: The two of them were contradicted regarding its being marfu' by Abu Yusuf al-Qadi Ya'qub bin Ibrahim in his book "al-Kharaj" (p. 167), and by Waki', in Ibn Abi Shaybah (9/ 569), al-Tirmidhi's "al-Jami'" (after 1424) and "al-'Ilal al-Kabir" (410), and al-Bayhaqi (8/ 238). The two of them narrated it from Yazid bin Ziyad as "mawquf". Grading: Al-Tirmidhi said: The narration of Waki' is more authentic.

Grading: Al-Bayhaqi said: The narration of Waki' is closer to being correct, and Allah knows best. Technical note / Defect ('illah): We say: in Ibn Abi Shaybah, Waki' gave Yazid the nisbah "al-Basri", while Ibn Asakir pointed out in "Tarikh Dimashq" (65/ 192, 196) that this "al-Basri" is in fact the same "al-Shami al-Dimashqi", who used to reside in Sur (Tyre).

Details of the narration: It was narrated by Rishdin bin Sa'd from Uqayl, from al-Zuhri, as "marfu'". Grading: Rishdin is a da'if (weak) narrator; this was stated by al-Bayhaqi. We have not found this narration with a (complete) isnad.

Corroborating chains and supporting reports: On this topic there is a narration from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) in Ibn Majah (2545). Grading: Its isnad is "very weak"; in it is Ibrahim bin al-Fadl, who is "matruk al-hadith". We have mentioned the hadiths on this topic there.

Note / Clarification: (1) This report was not present in our manuscripts; we have established it from "Talkhis al-Dhahabi". It is a portion of the hadith of Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) that passed earlier in the author (al-Hakim)'s work as number (8277), and from there we took the beginning of the isnad up to the word "al-Qurashi".

Grading: There is no harm in the narrators of this isnad (la ba'sa bihim), except Bashir bin al-Muhajir al-Ghanawi, who is weak in hadith (layyin al-hadith). Muslim narrated the aforementioned hadith from him as a "corroboration" (mutaba'ah), but he left out this (particular) statement of Buraydah.

Reference / Source: This statement of Buraydah, following his hadith on the story of the stoning of Ma'iz, was recorded by Imam Ahmad (38/ 22942) and al-Nasa'i (7164) via Abu Nu'aym al-Fadl bin Dukayn, from Bashir bin al-Muhajir, with this same isnad.

Corroborating chains and supporting reports: It is supported (as a shahid) by the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to those who stoned Ma'iz, when he fled during the stoning: "Why did you not leave him?" This narration passed as numbers (8280) and (8281). Also see (8279).