ʿAffān, who said: “Ḥammād ibn Salamah narrated to us; my father narrated to us; ʿAlī ibn Zayd narrated to us; Saʿīd narrated from ʿĀʾishah.” The story of this camel has been transmitted by a number of authorities.

Imam Ahmad also records in his Musnad, on the authority of Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī, who said:

“A wolf rushed at a sheep and seized it. The shepherd gave chase and snatched it back from him, whereupon the wolf crouched…”