Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, Waki' narrated to us — and Ibn Numayr narrated to us, my father narrated to us — and Muhammad ibn 'Abbad narrated to us, Sufyan narrated to us — and Ibn Abi 'Umar narrated to us, Marwan — meaning al-Fazari — narrated to us — and Muhammad ibn Rafi' narrated to me, Abu Usamah narrated to us — all of them on the authority of Isma'il, with this chain of transmission. And he said in the narration of Marwan: Then Bashir Jarir, Abu Arta'ah Husayn ibn Rabi'ah, came to give the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, the good news.