Narrated to us Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Hannad ibn al-Sarri, both saying: narrated to us Abu al-Ahwas, from Mansur, with this chain of transmission, regarding its meaning. And he said: "So he took a stick." And he did not say "a staff." Ibn Abi Shaybah said in his narration, from Abu al-Ahwas: "Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, recited."