Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Baghdādī

Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Baghdādī related to us. He said: Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā al-Azdī Abū ʿAbd Allāh related to us, from Hārūn ibn al-Mughīra al-Rāzī. He said: Abū Ḥanīfa related to us, from Ḥammād, from Shaqīq ibn Salama—God have mercy on them—from Ibn Masʿūd, God be pleased with him, who said: When we sat at the end of prayer, we used to say: “Peace be upon God; peace be upon the Messenger of God; peace be upon His angels,” naming them. The Messenger of God said to us: “Say: ‘Greetings belong to God, as do prayers and good things. Peace be upon you, Prophet, and God’s mercy and blessings. Peace be upon us and upon God’s righteous servants. I bear witness that there is no god but God, and I bear witness that Muḥammad is His servant and Messenger.’”

Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad related to us. He said: Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā al-Azdī related to us, from Hārūn ibn al-Mughīra, who said: I heard them say: “In Abū Ḥanīfa’s time, a counterpart to him was sought in any age, but no counterpart to him was found.”