that he heard ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAmr ibn al-ʿAs say: “Abu Bakr al-Siddiq said: …,” and he quoted it with the wording adopted by the majority. Ibn Lahiʿah, however, relates it from Yazid with the wording: “kabiran (greatly).” Ahmad records this version (1/4). Ibn Lahiʿah is weak. The apparent sense of this chain is that the hadith belongs to the Musnad of Ibn ʿAmr, unlike the first version, whose wording indicates that it is part of the Musnad of Abu Bakr. Even clearer is the report of Abu’l-Walid al-Tayalisi from al-Layth, whose wording is: “from Abu Bakr, who said: I said, ‘O Messenger of Allah! …’” Al-Bazzar transmits it through this route—as cited in Fath (2/255)—and then remarks: “This variation does not impair the authenticity of the hadith.” (1) Another recension also has the wording “kabiran.” We have already shown that it is anomalous. If, however, one were to accept its reliability, he could alternate between saying this version on some occasions and the other on others. Combining both expressions—“kathiran kabiran” (abundantly, greatly)—as found in al-Adhkar by al-Nawawi, has been critiqued, as explained by Ibn al-Qayyim in Jalaʾ (pp. 219–222) and Shaykh ʿAli al-Qari in al-Mirqat (2/13).