We were told by ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Muʿādh: We were told by my father. (Another chain:) And I was told by Yaḥyā ibn Ḥabīb: We were told by Khālid — meaning Ibn al-Ḥārith — both of whom said: We were told by Shuʿbah. (Another chain:) And we were told by Muḥammad ibn al-Muthannā and Ibn Bashshār — and the wording is theirs — both of whom said: We were told by Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar: We were told by Shuʿbah, who said: I heard Qatādah narrating from Anas that the Companions said to the Prophet, peace be upon him: "The People of the Book greet us with salām, so how should we respond to them?" He said: "Say: 'And upon you.'"