and Sahl ibn Saʿd likewise transmitted it.

In the two Ṣaḥīḥ collections it is narrated from ʿAlī, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:

“The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, dispatched me, Abū Marthad al-Ghanawī, al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām, and al-Miqdād—each of us mounted on his horse—and instructed us: ‘Ride out until you reach Rawdat Khākh…’”