Abu Kurayb and Ibn Abi 'Umar narrated to us, both saying: Waki' narrated to us. And Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, both of them from Sufyan, from Ibn Abi Najih, with their chain of transmission, similar to the hadith of Ibn 'Uyaynah, mentioning in it: "until a specified term."