And it was narrated to us by ʿUthmān ibn Abī Shaybah, who said: Jarīr narrated to us. (Another chain:) And it was narrated to us by Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm, who said: Jarīr and ʿĪsā ibn Yūnus informed us. (Another chain:) And it was narrated to us by Ibn Abī ʿUmar, who said: Sufyān narrated to us. All of them narrated from al-Aʿmash with this chain of transmission. In the narration of Jarīr and ʿĪsā ibn Yūnus, [it says]: "because he instituted the killing," and they did not mention "the first."