2459 – Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Fārisi related to us. He said: al-Husayn ibn Yahya related to us. He said: al-Fadl ibn Sahl narrated to us. He said: al-Humaydi narrated to us. Yahya narrated to us from Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad, from his father, from ʿAbd Allah ibn Jaʿfar, who said: ‘Abu Bakr assumed authority over us—the best of caliphs, the most merciful toward us, and the gentlest with us.’