11403 - Muhammad ibn al-'Abbas narrated to us, [saying] 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Salamah narrated to us, [saying] Salamah narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq who said: When they reached the place where they intended to do what they intended, they stripped him of his shirt, while he was pleading with them by Allah, by [the ties of] kinship, and by the lack of sin on his part toward them. However, no feeling of compassion stirred them toward him, and they cast him into the well with harshness, cruelty, and lack of mercy. Then they sat, according to what reached me, observing for the rest of that day what he would do in the well, or what would be done to him. Then a caravan of Arabs approached, so they sent their water-drawer, and he let down his bucket.

His saying, the Almighty: "So they sent their water-drawer."

11404 - My father narrated to us, [saying] Hisham narrated to us, [saying] Shu'ayb ibn Ishaq narrated to us, [saying] Ibn Abi 'Aruba narrated to us, from Qatadah, regarding His saying: "So they sent their water-drawer," he says: They sent their messenger.

His saying, the Almighty: "And he let down his bucket."

11405 - And by the same chain, from Qatadah, regarding His saying: "And he let down his bucket," he says: When he let down his bucket, the boy clung to it.

11406 - My father narrated to us, [saying] 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Munib narrated to us, [saying] Abu Mu'adh al-Nahwi narrated to us, from 'Ubayd ibn Sulayman, from al-Dahhak, regarding His saying: "So they sent their water-drawer, and he let down his bucket," and he drew some water and brought Joseph out.

His saying, the Almighty: "He said, 'Good news! This is a boy.'"

[The first view]

11407 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, [saying] Minjab narrated to us, [saying] Bishr ibn 'Umarah reported to us, from Abu Rawq, regarding His saying: "Ya bushra," he says: O glad tidings.

11408 - My father narrated to us, [saying] Hisham ibn Khalid narrated to us, [saying] Shu'ayb ibn Ishaq narrated to us, [saying] Ibn Abi 'Aruba narrated to us, from Qatadah, regarding His saying: "He said, 'Good news! This is a boy.'" He says: When he let down his bucket, the boy clung to it, so he said: "Good news! This is a boy." They rejoiced at him when they brought him out, and it is a well in Jerusalem, whose location is known.

The second view:

11409 - Hajjaj ibn Hamzah narrated to us, [saying] Yahya ibn Adam narrated to us, [saying] Qays narrated to us, from al-Suddi, who said: The name of his companion was—meaning His saying: "Ya bushra."