In the collections of Bokharee the story is traced to Ans. But Ans could not be a witness to Mohammad's command for mutilation, as Ans did not come until the expedition to Khyber; and the execution of those robbers took place before that. The story from Jabir in Ibn Mardaveih's collections to the same effect is not authentic, as Jabir, who says he was sent by Mohammad in pursuit of the robbers, and committed the act, was not a convert at that time. Koostalanee, the author of _Mooahib_, has declared the tradition of Ibn Jarir Tabari on the subject as an apocryphal, _i.e._, "Zaeef." _Vide_ Zoorkanee on Movahib, Vol. II, p. 211.] [Footnote 259: Ibn Hisham (p. 463) relates from Ibn Is-hak that Omar asked permission to mutilate Sohail, but Mohammad replied, "I would not mutilate him; if I do, God will mutilate me, though I be a Prophet."] [Footnote 260: Muir's Life of Mahomet, Vol. IV, p. 19.] [Footnote 261: This subject has been fully and judiciously discussed by the Honorable Syed Ahmed Khan Bahadur, C.S.I., in his "Commentary of the Koran;" Sura. iv. pp. 198-204.] [Footnote 262: Muir's Life of Mahomet, Vol. IV, p. 68.] [Footnote 263: _Vide_ Mishkat Book of Retaliation, pp. 243-244.] [Footnote 264: Muir's Life of Mahomet, Vol. IV, p. 131, foot-note.] [Footnote 265: Introduction to Lane's Selections from the Kur-an, by Stanley Lane Poole, p. lxvii. London: Trubner and Co., 1879.] [Footnote 266: The Life of Mahomet, Vol. IV, p. 308.] [Footnote 267: _Ibid_, p. 35.] [Footnote 268: _Vide_ Zoorkanee on _Movahib_, Vol. II, page 244; also _Zad-ul-Maad_, by Ibn-al-Kyyim, Vol. I, page 376, Cawnpore, 1298 A.H.; and _Seerat-ul-Mohammadiya_, by Mohammad Karamat-ul-Ali of Delhi, in loco. The Life is compiled from _Seerat Halabi_ and _Seerat Shamee_ and was lithographed in Bombay.] [Footnote 269: Hishamee, page 681; Muir's Life of Mahomet, Vol. III, page 266.] [Footnote 270: _Seerat Halabi_, or _Insan-al-Oyoon_, Vol II, page 79.] [Footnote 271: History of _Mohammad's Campaigns_, by Wackidi, pp. 368-369: Edited by Von Kremer, Calcutta, 1856.] [Footnote 272: The Life of Mahomet, Vol. III, page 282.] [Footnote 273: The Life of Mahomet, Vol. IV, pages 308-309.] [Footnote 274: Lieber's Miscellaneous Writings, Vol. II, page 250.] [Footnote 275: History of European Morals, from Augustus to Charlemagne. By William Edward Hartpole Lecky, M.A., Vol. I, pp. 101-102.] [Footnote 276: Muir's Life of Mahomet, Vol. III, page 148.] [Footnote 277: _Ibid_, p. 149.] [Footnote 278: Ibn Hisham, p. 554.] [Footnote 279: The Life of Mahomet, Vol. III, pp. 148 & 149, _foot-note_.] [Footnote 280: The Life of Mahomet, by Sir W. Muir, Vol. IV, page 308.]