Ibrahim ibn Musa al-Razi narrated to me, saying: 'Isa—meaning Ibn Yunus—informed us. (Another chain:) Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Abu Kurayb narrated to us, both saying: Waki' narrated to us. (Another chain:) Abu Kurayb narrated to us, saying: Ibn Numayr narrated to us. All of them (narrated) from Hisham ibn 'Urwah, from his father, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: "If only the people would reduce from one-third to one-quarter, for the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: 'The one-third, and the one-third is much.'" In the narration of Waki': "great or much."