—as though his point was that Abū al-Yamān had taken from Shuʿayb only a single ḥadith, with everything else coming to him merely by ijāza. (1)

Abū Dāwūd said: I heard Muḥammad ibn ʿAwf remark, “Abū al-Yamān heard from Shuʿayb ibn Abī Ḥamzah no more than one word.” (2)

Abū Zurʿah of Damascus related: I asked Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal about the report that is traced to al-Zuhri, from Anas, from Umm Ḥabībah. He answered, “This is not a narration of al-Zuhri; it is from Ibn Abī Ḥusayn.” I then asked Aḥmad ibn Ṣāliḥ about it and he said, “It has no basis from al-Zuhri,” and he declared it objectionable. (3)

I say: This text was read before Ibrāhīm ibn al-Darajī, and he authorized it for me through Abū Jaʿfar al-Ṣaydalanī. Fāṭimah bint ʿAbd Allāh informed us; Ibn Rīḍah informed us; Abū al-Qāsim al-Ṭabarānī informed us; Abū Zurʿah narrated to us; Abū al-Yamān narrated to us; Shuʿayb informed us, from al-Zuhri, from Anas, from Umm Ḥabībah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

“I was shown what my community will face after me—the shedding of some of them of the blood of others. That had already been decreed by Allah, so I asked Him (4) to grant me intercession on their behalf, and He granted it.”

ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad also transmitted it from his father, from Abū al-Yamān, who said: “from Shuʿayb, from Ibn Abī Ḥusayn, from Anas.” (5) ʿAbd Allāh then added, “So I said: Here…”