Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna and Ibn Bashshar narrated to us — and the wording is that of Ibn al-Muthanna — they said: Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, from Shu'bah, from Qatadah, who said: I heard Abu al-'Aliyah say: The cousin of your Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him — meaning Ibn 'Abbas — narrated to me, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "It is not fitting for a servant to say, 'I am better than Yunus ibn Matta.'" And he attributed him to his father.