2524 – ʿĪsā ibn ʿAlī reported to us; he said: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Baghawī informed us; he said: ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd narrated to us; and Zuhayr—

2525 – ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad likewise told us; he said: Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr narrated to us; he said: Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm reported to us; he said: Mūsā ibn Dāwūd narrated to us; he said: Zuhayr ibn Muʿāwiyah, from Abū Isḥāq, from Abū ʿUbaydah, from ʿAbd Allāh—meaning Ibn Masʿūd—who said: “The most perceptive of people are three: al-ʿAzīz, who perceived Joseph’s worth; the woman who perceived Moses’ merit and said, ‘My father, hire him’; and Abū Bakr, when he appointed ʿUmar as his successor.”