2616 – ʿUbayd Allah ibn Ahmad informed us; Yazdad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān informed us; Abū Saʿīd al-Ashajj narrated to us. He said: Abū Usāmah narrated to us. He said: I heard al-Aʿmash say, “Are you not amazed at Kathīr al-Nawwāʾ and the way he keeps questioning Abū Jaʿfar about Abū Bakr and ʿUmar—may Allah be pleased with them both? By Allah, even if ʿAlī were standing here, I would not ask him about Abū Bakr and ʿUmar.”