586 - Muhammad ibn al-Husayn informed me, saying: Abu al-'Abbas al-Muzani, meaning Ahmad ibn Asram, narrated to us, saying: Abu Bakr 'Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Nu'man ibn 'Abd al-Salam, a companion of Sufyan al-Thawri, narrated to me, saying: I heard my father, Muhammad ibn al-Nu'man, mention from Shu'ayb ibn Harb, who said: I heard Sufyan say: "Abu Bakr, 'Umar, and 'Uthman." He said: I heard Yusuf ibn Asbat say: "Sufyan used to say: 'Abu Bakr, 'Umar, and 'Uthman.'"
