Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1945
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، وَمَنْصُورٌ، وَزِيَادٌ، وَبَكْرٌ، - هُوَ ابْنُ وَائِلٍ - كُلُّهُمْ ذَكَرُوا أَنَّهُمْ سَمِعُوا مِنَ الزُّهْرِيِّ، يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ سَالِمًا، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ ، رَأَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ يَمْشُونَ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ الْجَنَازَةِ . بَكْرٌ وَحْدَهُ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ عُثْمَانَ . قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا خَطَأٌ وَالصَّوَابُ مُرْسَلٌ .
Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Yazid narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to us, saying: Hammam narrated to us, saying: Sufyan, Mansur, Ziyad, and Bakr—namely Ibn Wa’il—narrated to us; all of them stated that they heard al-Zuhri relate that Salim informed him that his father informed him that he had seen the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), Abu Bakr, ‘Umar, and ‘Uthman walking ahead of the funeral bier. Bakr alone did not mention ‘Uthman. Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman said: This is mistaken; the correct version is mursal (with the Companion omitted from the chain).
Translation notes
The source explicitly identifies the report as mistaken in this connected form and says the correct version is mursal.