1399 — Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Farisi informed us: Muhammad ibn Ja'far ibn Milas related to us; Sulayman ibn Isma'il ibn Nasr related to us; Abu al-Mughirah, Abdus ibn al-Hajjaj, related to us; al-Awza'i related from—[another chain:]
1400 — And Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Abdullah ibn Mahdi informed us: Ahmad ibn Amr ibn Muhammad al-Madani informed us; Yunus ibn Abd al-A'la related to us; Bishr ibn Bakr related to us; al-Awza'i related to us, saying: Shaddad Abu Ammar related to me, saying: Wathilah ibn al-Asqa' related to me, saying: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Allah selected Kinanah from among the descendants of Ishmael; from among Kinanah He selected Quraysh; from among Quraysh He selected Banu Hashim; and from Banu Hashim He selected me.” Their wording is identical. Muslim and Abu Isa recorded it.