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- Ahmad informed us; Muhammad informed us; Ahmad ibn Ibrahim narrated to us; Abu Ja'far ibn al-Tabba' narrated to us, saying: “I heard Hammad ibn Zayd say: ‘In my view, Ayyub was the best of those with whom I kept company, and the most diligent of them in following the sunnah.’”
٢٦ - وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ , أنبا مُحَمَّدٌ , ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ , ثنا أَبُو جَعْفَرِ بْنُ الطَّبَّاعِ , قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ حَمَّادَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ يَقُولُ: " كَانَ أَيُّوبُ عِنْدِي أَفْضَلَ مَنْ جَالَسْتُهُ وَأَشَدَّهُ اتِّبَاعًا لِلسُّنَّةِ