inconsistency in the narration. He then cited the hadith transmitted by ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn Yazīd ibn Jābir from Khālid, as narrated from Ibn Jābir by both al-Awzā‘ī and al-Walīd ibn Muslim.

He then cited the hadith of Abū Umāma, saying: “Muhammad ibn Ishāq ibn Rāhawayh narrated to us: My father narrated to us: Jarīr narrated to us, from Layth, from ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn Sābit, from Abū Umāma, from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace).” He then related the hadith.

He then cited the hadith transmitted by Yūsuf ibn ‘Atiyya al-Saffār, from Qatāda, from