Al-Bayhaqī also narrated it through Shabīb ibn Sa‘īd al-Habatī, from Rawh ibn al-Qāsim, from Abū Ja‘far al-Madīnī—who is al-Khatmī—from Abū Umāmah ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf, from ‘Uthmān ibn Hunayf, who said:

“I heard the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—when a blind man came to him complaining of the loss of his sight. He said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, I have no one to guide me, and this has become difficult for me.’

“The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said, ‘Go to the ablution place and perform ablution, then pray two units of prayer, then say: “O Allah, I ask You and turn to You through Your Prophet, the Prophet of mercy. O Muhammad, I turn through you to my Lord so that my blindness may be removed. O Allah, accept his intercession on my behalf, and accept my intercession on my own behalf.”’

“‘Uthmān ibn Hunayf said: ‘By Allah, we had neither dispersed nor been talking long before the man came in, as though he had never suffered any affliction.’”

Thus, Shabīb’s narration from Rawh, from Abū Ja‘far al-Laythī, differed from the narration of Shu‘bah and Hammād ibn Salamah in both its chain of transmission and its wording. In the latter, Abū Ja‘far narrated it from ‘Umārah ibn Khuzaymah, whereas in this narration he narrated it from Abū Umāmah Sahl. In the former narration, he said, “Accept his intercession on my behalf, and accept my intercession concerning him,” whereas this narration has, “Accept my intercession on my own behalf.” This chain of transmission, however, has further corroboration in a narration of Hishām al-Dastawā’ī from Abū Ja‘far.

Al-Bayhaqī narrated it through this route. It includes an account that those who seek access to Allah through him after his death may cite as evidence—if it is authentic. He narrated it through Ismā‘īl ibn Shabīb ibn Sa‘īd al-Habatī, from Shabīb ibn Sa‘īd, from Rawh ibn al-Qāsim, from Abū Ja‘far al-Madīnī, from Abū Umāmah Sahl ibn al-‘Utbiyyah: a man used to approach ‘Uthmān ibn ‘Affān concerning a need of his, but ‘Uthmān would pay him no attention and would not look into his need. The man then met ‘Uthmān ibn Hunayf