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The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by al-A’mash in a similar way to same way to the same effect through a different chain of narrators.  

أبو داود:٥١٦٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ وَمَعْنَاهُ نَحْوَهُ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أَضْرِبُ غُلاَمًا لِي أَسْوَدَ بِالسَّوْطِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ أَمْرَ الْعِتْقِ