So our Sheikh Al-Qassar told us in Mecca in the year five hundred and ninety-nine, facing the Yemeni corner of the Holy Kaaba, and he is Yunus bin Yahya bin Al-Hussein bin Abi Al-Barakat Al-Hashimi Al-Abbasi, from his wording, and I am listening. He said: Abu Al-Fadl Muhammad bin Omar bin Yusuf Al-Armawi told us, he said: Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Ali bin Muhammad bin Musa bin Jaafar, known as Ibn al-Khayyat al-Maghribi, said: It was read to Abu Sahl Mahmoud bin Omar bin Ishaq al-Akbari while I was listening. It was said to him: Abu Bakr Muhammad bin al-Hasan al-Naqqash told you. He said: Yes, Abu Bakr told us. He said: Abu Bakr Ahmad bin al-Hussein bin Ali al-Tabari al-Marwazi told us. He said: Muhammad bin Humaid al-Razi Abu Abdullah told us: Salamah bin Salih told us: I am al-Qasim bin al-Hakam, on the authority of Salam al-Taweel, on the authority of Ghayath bin al-Musayyab, on the authority of Abdul Rahman bin Ghanam, and Zaid bin Wahb, on the authority of Abdullah bin Masoud, he