Narrated to us Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna: narrated to us 'Abd al-Wahhab — meaning al-Thaqafi — (H). He said: And narrated to us 'Amr al-Naqid: narrated to us Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah (H). He said: And narrated to us Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah: narrated to us Abu Khalid al-Ahmar (H). He said: And narrated to us Ishaq ibn Ibrahim: he said: informed us 'Isa ibn Yunus — all of them on the authority of Yahya ibn Sa'id, with this chain of transmission — a similar report.