(1/183 and 186), Abū Bakr al-Bazzār in his Musnad of Saʿd, Abū Yaʿlā in his Musnad (2/71/716), al-Shāshī in his Musnad (1/143/79), and al-Bayhaqī in The Punishment of the Grave (113/183), through various routes from Shuʿbah, who said: ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr narrated to us, from Muṣʿab, who said: Saʿd would enjoin five matters and relate that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to enjoin them ... then he mentioned them.

Al-Bukhārī added, after the words, “the trials of worldly life”: “That is, the trial of the Dajjāl.”

Al-Ḥāfiẓ mentioned in al-Fatḥ (11/179) that this is an interpretation by one of the narrators.

A group also corroborated him in narrating it from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr.

Among them was ʿUbaydah ibn Ḥumayd, in the Muṣannaf of Ibn Abī Shaybah (3/376 and 10/188/9179); and through his route, Abū Yaʿlā (2/110/771).

Through this route, al-Bukhārī narrated it (6390) with the wording:

“The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to teach us these words just as he taught us writing.”

Ibn Ḥibbān likewise narrated it in his Ṣaḥīḥ (2/175/1000).

Among them was also Abū ʿAwānah, as recorded by al-Bukhārī (2822). He said: ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr narrated to us: I heard ʿAmr ibn Maymūn al-Awdī say: Saʿd used to teach his sons these words just as a teacher teaches boys to write, and he would say: “The Messenger of Allah used to seek refuge from them at the end of the prayer ...” Then he mentioned them. So I related this to Muṣʿab, and he confirmed it.

Al-Nasāʾī (2/314) and al-Bayhaqī (114/184) also narrated it.