[Machine] About the Prophet ﷺ, Abu Abdur-Rahman narrated a strange hadith from Yahya ibn Sa'id that I had only heard from Abu An from Ibn Numair and Talha ibn Abdul Malik, a man from the people of Ayla. Abu Abdur-Rahman said, the companions of hadith said, this is not from Kufa. It is only from Ibn Numair from Ubaydullah, meaning Al-Umari. So I said to them, go to Abu Khaythama because their hearing in Kufa is only from Ibn Numair. So they went and verified it.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ مَا سَمِعْتُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ أَبِي عَنْ ابْنِ نُمَيْرٍ وَطَلْحَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ أَيْلَةَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ أَصْحَابُ الْحَدِيثِ لَيْسَ هَذَا بِالْكُوفَةِ إِنَّمَا هَذَا عَنْ ابْنِ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ يَعْنِي الْعُمَرِيَّ فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ امْضُوا إِلَى أَبِي خَيْثَمَةَ فَإِنَّ سَمَاعَهُمْ بِالْكُوفَةِ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ ابْنِ نُمَيْرٍ فَذَهَبُوا فَأَصَابُوهُ