1910 — Khalaf ibn Amr al-Ukbarī informed us, saying: al-Humaydī, Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, narrated to us, saying: Bishr ibn al-Sarī narrated to us, saying: Muawiya ibn Sālih narrated to us, from Yūnus ibn Sayf, from al-Hārith ibn Ziyād, from Abū Ruhm al-Samāī, from al-Irbād ibn Sāriya al-Sulamī, who said: I came to the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—while he was taking his pre-dawn meal. He said, “Come to the blessed morning meal ⦗2434⦘.” I also heard him say to Muawiya, “O Allah, teach him writing and arithmetic, and protect him from the punishment.”

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1911 — Abū Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Nājiya informed us, saying: Ahmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Dawraqī narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Rahmān ibn Mahdī narrated to us, saying: Muawiya ibn Sālih narrated to us, from Yūnus ibn Sayf, from al-Hārith ibn Ziyād, from Abū Ruhm, from al-Irbād ibn Sāriya al-Sulamī, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—say, “O Allah, teach Muawiya writing and arithmetic, and protect him from the punishment.”

1912 — Abū Bakr Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Wāsitī narrated to us, saying: Ahmad ibn Sinān al-Wāsitī narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Rahmān ibn Mahdī narrated to us, from Muawiya ibn Sālih; and he related a hadith like it.