2551 – Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Jarrāḥ reported to us; he said: Ibrāhīm ibn Ḥammād al-Shāmī narrated to us; he said: al-Ḥārith ibn Muḥammad narrated to us; he said: Ḥ…

2552 – Aḥmad likewise said: ʿAbd al-Ṣamad ibn ʿAlī informed me; he said: al-Ḥārith ibn Muḥammad narrated to us; he said: Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd narrated to us; he said: Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar narrated to us; he said: Aflah ibn Saʿīd ibn Kaʿb narrated to us; he said: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf declared, “By Allah, I did not pledge allegiance to ʿUthmān until I had asked even the young boys in the Qur’an schools, and they replied, ‘ʿUthmān is better than ʿAlī.’”