1234—Abū Sa'īd Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ziyād al-Shāhid narrated to us, saying: al-Hasan ibn Affān al-Kūfī narrated to us, saying: Abū Yahyā al-Himmānī narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Sālim ibn Abī al-Ja'd.

1235—Abū Sa'īd also said: Ahmad ibn Abd al-Jabbār al-Utāridī narrated to us, saying: Abū Mu'āwiya al-Darīr narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Sālim ibn Abī al-Ja'd, who said: The people of Najrān came to Alī—may Allah be pleased with him—and said, “O Commander of the Believers, here is your document in your own hand, and you can intercede for us with your own tongue. Umar expelled us from our land, so restore us to it.” He replied, “Woe to you! Umar was a man of sound judgment, and I will not alter anything Umar did.” ⦗1778⦘ Al-A'mash said: They used to say, “Had he harbored anything against Umar, he would have seized this opportunity.”

Abū Sa'īd informed us, saying: Alī ibn Abd al-Azīz informed us, saying: Abū Ubayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām said: Abū Mu'āwiya narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Sālim ibn Abī al-Ja'd, who said: The people of Najrān came to Alī ibn Abī Tālib—may Allah be pleased with him—and he related the same hadith.