Narrated to me Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Numayr: My father narrated to us. (Another chain:) And Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Abu Usamah narrated to us. Both said: Ubaydullah narrated to us. (Another chain:) And Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us — and the wording is his —: Abd al-Wahhab, meaning al-Thaqafi, informed us: Ubaydullah narrated to us, from Nafi', from Ibn Umar, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "The parable of the hypocrite is like that of a stray sheep between two flocks, turning now to this one and now to that one."