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abudawud:1031Ḥajjāj b. Abū Yaʿqūb > Yaʿqūb from my cousin al-Zuhrī

This tradition has also been transmitted by Muhammad b. Muslim through a different chain of narrators. This version adds; “While he is sitting before he gives the salutation.”  

أبو داود:١٠٣١حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَخِي الزُّهْرِيِّ

عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ زَادَ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ قَبْلَ التَّسْلِيمِ