This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu Bakr b. Abu Shaiba and Abu Kuraib, and both of them said: Abu Mu’awiya narrated to us from A’mash on the authority of Jarir and Waki’, and in a narration of Abu Bakr transmitted on the authority of Abu Mu’awiya the mention of Mu’adh has preceded Ubayy’s, and in the narration transmitted on the authority of Abu Kuraib, the name of Ubayy preceded Mu’ddh’s. This tradition has been transmitted on the authority of Shulba through A’mash, but there is a difference of order of the four.
Hadith In Arabic Text :
حدثنا ابن المثنى، وابن، بشار قالا حدثنا ابن أبي عدي، ح وحدثني بشر بن، خالد أخبرنا محمد، – يعني ابن جعفر – كلاهما عن شعبة، عن الأعمش، بإسنادهم واختلفا عن شعبة، في تنسيق الأربعة .
Chapter : The Book Pertaining to the Merits of the Companions (Allah Be Pleased With Them) of the Holy Prophet – كتاب فضائل الصحابة رضى الله تعالى عنهم