Abu Dawud said: Likewise said Hisham al-Dastawa'i, from Qatada, except that he said: "Whoever preserves from the closing verses of Surat al-Kahf." And Shu'ba said, from Qatada: "From the end of al-Kahf."

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It was also recorded by Muslim (809) and al-Nasa'i in al-Kubra (10721) via the chain of Hammam ibn Yahya al-'Udhi, with this chain of transmission.

It was also recorded by Muslim (809) and al-Tirmidhi (3105) via the chain of Mu'adh ibn Hani' al-Dastawa'i, from his father, from Qatada, with it. Its wording is the same as the wording of Hammam ibn Yahya. Accordingly, what the author said following the hadith—that Hisham al-Dastawa'i said in his narration: "From the closing verses of Surat al-Kahf"—is odd, because it contradicts what is found with Muslim and al-Tirmidhi, since his narration with them came in agreement with the narration of Hammam ibn Yahya, mentioning the first ten verses of Surat al-Kahf.

And Shu'ba ibn al-Hajjaj narrated it from Qatada, but he was inconsistent in its chain and text: Muslim (809) recorded it from Muhammad ibn Bashshar and Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna, from Muhammad ibn Ja'far, and al-Nasa'i in al-Kubra (10720) via the chain of Hajjaj ibn Muhammad, both from Shu'ba, from Qatada, with it—except that he said: "From the end of Surat al-Kahf."

And al-Tirmidhi (3104) recorded it from Muhammad ibn Bashshar, from Muhammad ibn Ja'far, from Shu'ba, from Qatada, with it—except that he said: "Three verses from the beginning of al-Kahf."

And al-Nasa'i (8025) and (10719) recorded it from 'Amr ibn 'Ali, from Muhammad ibn Ja'far, from Shu'ba, from Qatada, with it—except that he said: "Whoever recites ten verses from Surat al-Kahf," without specifying which ten verses.

He also recorded it (10718) from Muhammad ibn al-A'la, from Khalid ibn al-Harith, from Shu'ba, from Qatada, from Salim ibn Abi al-Ja'd, from Ma'dan ibn Abi Talha, from Thawban—and he mentioned Thawban instead of Abu al-Darda'. And he said in his narration: "The last ten of Surat al-Kahf."

It is also in Musnad Ahmad (21712) via the chain of Hammam ibn Yahya, and (27540) via the chain of Sa'id ibn Abi 'Aruba, and (27541) via the chain of Shayban ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Nahwi, all three from Qatada. All of them said: "The ten from the beginning of Surat al-Kahf."