Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 996
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ يِسَافٍ، عَنْ رَبِيعِ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " { قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ } ثُلُثُ الْقُرْآنِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَا أَعْرِفُ إِسْنَادًا أَطْوَلَ مِنْ هَذَا .
Muhammad ibn Bashshar informed us: Abd al-Rahman narrated to us: Zaidah narrated to us, from Mansur, from Hilal ibn Yasaf, from Rabi ibn Khuthaym, from Amr ibn Maymun, from Ibn Abi Layla, from a woman, from Abu Ayyub, from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: Say: He is Allah, One, is one-third of the Quran. Abu Abd al-Rahman said: I know no chain of transmission longer than this.
Translation notes
The chain includes an unnamed woman, as given in the Arabic, and an appended comment on its length. The quoted surah is Surat al-Ikhlas.