Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, Abu Bakr al-Hanafi narrated to us, ‘Abd al-Hamid ibn Ja‘far narrated to me, Sa‘id ibn Abi Sa‘id al-Maqburi narrated to me that he heard Abu Hurayrah say: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, sent out a cavalry detachment of his toward the land of Najd, and it brought back a man called Thumamah ibn Uthal al-Hanafi, the chief of the people of al-Yamamah. And he related the hadith in full, similar to the hadith of al-Layth, except that he said: "If you kill me, you kill one who has blood [to be avenged]."