Sunni and Shi’a authorities have jointly condemned Report 176 as a Safavid-era forgery. Yet, the ink carbon-dating (performed by a private lab in Berlin in 2016) placed the parchment at 980 CE, plus or minus 35 years—the exact lifetime of Al-Kashi.
Report 176 in (also known as Ikhtiyār maʿrifat al-rijāl ) is a significant narration involving Uqba bin Bashir al-Asadi and Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (as) Rijal Al Kashi Report 176
: Qays is portrayed as a "lion" of the Shi'a who refused to acknowledge Muawiya's authority until compelled by his rightful Imams. Sunni and Shi’a authorities have jointly condemned Report