1. We were told by Abu’l-Hasan, Muhammed bin Ahmad bin Ali al-Asadi, that he said: We were told by my father, and Ali ibn Abbas al-Bajali, and Hasan bin Ali bin Nadr al-Tusi, that they said: We were told by Muhammed bin Abdul-Rahman ibn Ghazwan, that he said: We were told by Abu Sinan al-‘Abidi, that he said: We were told by Safwan bin Saleem, from ‘Ataa’ bin Bashar, from Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said