Narrated to us Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Abu Kurayb, both said: narrated to us Ibn Numayr. And narrated to us Qutaybah ibn Sa'id and Ishaq ibn Ibrahim, all from Jarir. And narrated to us Abu Kurayb: narrated to us Abu Usamah. All of them from Hisham ibn 'Urwah, from his father, from Sufyan ibn 'Abdullah al-Thaqafi, who said: I said, "O Messenger of Allah, tell me something about Islam such that I will not need to ask anyone after you about it" — and in the hadith of Abu Usamah: "other than you." He said: "Say: I believe in Allah, then remain steadfast."