Narrated to us ‘Ubaydullah ibn Mu‘adh: My father informed me. (Another chain:) And narrated to us Ibn al-Muthanna and Ibn Bashshar, both said: Narrated to us Ibn Abi ‘Adiyy. (Another chain:) And narrated to me Bishr ibn Khalid: Informed us Muhammad — meaning Ibn Ja‘far — all of them from Shu‘bah, from al-A‘mash. (Another chain:) And narrated to me Abu Bakr ibn Nafi‘: Narrated to us ‘Abd al-Rahman. (Another chain:) And narrated to us Ibn Numayr: Narrated to us Mus‘ab ibn al-Miqdam — both of them from Sufyan, from al-A‘mash, with the chain of Jarir, similar to his narration.