And Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Abu Kurayb narrated to us, both saying: Waki' narrated to us, from Sufyan. (Another chain:) And Ishaq ibn Mansur and Ibn Rafi' narrated to us, from Yahya ibn Adam: Mufaddal — meaning ibn Muhalhil — narrated to us. (Another chain:) And 'Abd ibn Humayd narrated to us: 'Ubaydullah ibn Musa informed us, from Isra'il. All of them narrated from Mansur, with this chain of transmission, the like of it.