from whom Mu‘āwiya ibn Sālih narrated this hadith is Sulaym ibn ‘Āmir, and Abū Zayd is Zayd ibn Sallām.”

He then cited the hadith of Jābir ibn Samura as Ibn Abī ‘Āsim had related it, saying: “‘Ubayd Allāh ibn Hammām narrated to us: Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shayba narrated to us.” He related it in the wording given earlier, except that he said: “Then He placed His hand between my shoulders until I felt its coolness on my chest. There was nothing He asked me about that I did not know.” He expressed no uncertainty.

He then cited the hadith transmitted by Qatāda, from Abū Qilāba, from Khālid ibn al-Lajlāj, from Ibn ‘Abbās, and the hadith transmitted by Ma‘mar, from Ayyūb, from Abū Qilāba, from Ibn ‘Abbās. He then cited a third chain of transmission for Abū Qilāba’s hadith, identifying him as ‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Ā’ish, and said: “‘Abdān ibn Ahmad narrated to us: Mu‘āwiya ibn ‘Imrān al-Jarmī narrated to us: