Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Ja‘far narrated to us — and Abu Bakr ibn Nafi‘ narrated to me, Ghandar narrated to us, from Shu‘bah — and Hajjaj ibn al-Sha‘ir narrated to me, Abu al-Walid narrated to us, Abu ‘Awanah narrated to us, both of them from Abu Bishr, with this chain of transmission — a similar report, except that in the hadith of Shu‘bah, Abu Hurayrah said: "I do not know whether it was two or three times."