Sunan Abi Dawud 3909

Musaddad narrated to us: Yahya narrated to us, from al-Hajjaj al-Sawwaf: Yahya ibn Abi Kathir narrated to me, from Hilal ibn Abi Maymunah, from ʿAtaʾ ibn Yasar, from Muʿawiyah ibn al-Hakam al-Sulami, who said: I asked, “Messenger of Allah, there are men among us who draw lines.” He replied: “There was a prophet among the prophets who drew lines. Whoever matches his lines, that is the way.”