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Ḥ ad ī th 48 Monthly Renaissance October 2021 Mu ḥ ammad ‘Al ī ibn Ab ī Ṭā lib Ma‘mar ibn al-K ḥ a ṭṭā b Mu ḥ ammad ibn Ism ā ‘ ī l ‘Uthm ā n ibn al-K ḥ a ṭṭā b Ḥ usayn ibn Ja‘far Ab ū Bakr A ḥ mad ibn Mu ḥ ammad Ab ū ‘Al ī Ab ū al-Fa ḍ l Ab ū Gh ā lib Ab ū ‘Abdull ā h ‘Al ī ibn al-Khi ḍ r Ab ū al-Wa ḥ sh Ibn ‘As ā kir As mentioned by Ibn ‘As ā kir, the person who actually narrates from ‘Al ī (rta) is ‘Uthm ā n ibn al-Kha ṭṭā b (d. 327 AH) and not Ma‘mar ibn al-Kha ṭṭā b: ( ﻛﺬ ﺳﻤﻰ ﻵﻻﺷﺞأﺑﺎ ﻟﺪﻧﻴﺎو ﻟﻤﺤﻔﻮظأن ﺳﻤﻪ +– ﻗﺎل ﺑﻦﻋﺴﺎ ﻋﺜﻤﺎنﺑﻦ ﻟﺨﻄﺎب ) . About him, Ibn al-Jawz ī records that Ab ū Bakr al- Kha ṭī b says that his words lack veracity and his narratives should not be adduced from. 8 Al-Dhahab ī says that he has narrated from ‘Al ī (rta) and there is a gap of three hundred years between the two; scholars regard him to be a liar. 9 Ibn Kath ī r states that it is said that he has narrated a written collection from ‘Al ī (rta); however, most scholars of the past and present regard this written collection to be a fabrication. These scholars include Ab ū Ṭā hir al-Salaf ī , Ibn Taymiyah, al-Mizz ī and al-Dhahab ī . 10 III Conclusion It can be concluded on the basis of the above information that the ascription of this narrative to the Prophet (sws) cannot be reliably established. ـــــــــــــــــــــــــ 8. Ibn al-Jawz ī , Al- Ḍ u‘af ā wa al-matr ū k ī n , vol. 2, 167. 9. Al-Dhahab ī , Al-Mughn ī f ī al-d ū ‘f ā ’ , vol. 2, 425. 10. Ibn Kath ī r, Al-Bid ā yah wa al-nih ā yah , vol. 11, 190.