34 - I said to my father, may Allah have mercy on him: “Sufyān ibn ‘Uyaynah relates, from al-Zuhrī, from ‘Urwah, from ‘Ā’ishah, that she said: ‘The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “No wealth has benefited me as much as the wealth of Abū Bakr.”’”

He rejected this and asked: “Who narrated it to you?” I replied: “Yahyā ibn Ma‘īn narrated to us, saying: Sufyān narrated to us, from al-Zuhrī, from ‘Urwah, from ‘Ā’ishah.” Yahyā said: “A man asked Sufyān: ‘Who mentioned it?’ He replied: ‘Wā’il.’”

My father said: “We believe that Wā’il did not hear from al-Zuhrī; rather, Wā’il narrated from his father.” He also said: “This is an error.” Then he said:
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35 - ‘Abd al-Razzāq narrated to us, from Ma‘mar, from al-Zuhrī, from Sa‘īd ibn al-Musayyib, who said: “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said…”—and he related the hadith.