1501 — Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Sahl informed us; Ahmad ibn Ja‘far narrated to us; he said: ‘Umar ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa narrated to us; he said: Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hani’ narrated to us; he said: Ahmad ibn Hanbal narrated to us; he said: Mu’ammal narrated to us; he said: Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us; he said: I heard Hisham say: Al-Hasan and Muhammad used to say, “Muslim,” yet they were hesitant to say, “believer.”