[Machine] Branches; as for my preservation, it is exalted. And as for so-and-so and so-and-so, they said it is not exalted. Some people said to me, inform us of your preservation and disregard what so-and-so and so-and-so said. He said, by Allah, I do not like that I live in this world for the length of Noah's lifespan ﷺ and I speak about this or remain silent about this. Abu Muhammad, Abdul Hamid bin Zaid bin Abdul Rahman bin Zaid bin Al-Khattab said, and he was the governor of Kufa during the reign of Umar ibn Abdul Aziz.  

شُعْبَةُ أَمَّا حِفْظِي فَهُوَ مَرْفُوعٌ وَأَمَّا فُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ فَقَالَا غَيْرُ مَرْفُوعٍ قَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ حَدِّثْنَا بِحِفْظِكَ وَدَعْ مَا قَالَ فُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ مَا أُحِبُّ أَنِّي عُمِّرْتُ فِي الدُّنْيَا عُمُرَ نُوحٍ ﷺ وَأَنِّي حَدَّثْتُ بِهَذَا أَوْ سَكَتُّ عَنْ هَذَا قَالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ «عَبْدُ الحَمِيدِ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحمَنِ بْنِ زَيدِ بْنِ الخَطَّابِ وَكَانَ وَالِيَ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَلَى الْكُوفَةِ»