Zuḥayr ibn Ḥarb narrated to me: Kathīr ibn Hishām narrated to us: Jaʿfar ibn Burqān narrated to us: Yazīd ibn al-Aṣamm narrated to us, on the authority of Abū Hurayrah, with a ḥadīth that he raised to the Prophet ﷺ, who said: "People are like mines, as mines of silver and gold. Their best in the pre-Islamic period are their best in Islam, if they gain understanding. And souls are conscripted troops; those among them that recognize one another are in harmony, and those among them that do not recognize one another are in discord."