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muslim:650c[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Usāmah And Ibn Numayr [Chain 2] Ibn Numayr from my father > ʿUbaydullāh Bihadhā al-Isnād > Ibn Numayr > Abīh Biḍʿ And ʿIshrīn

Ibn Numair reported it on the authority of his father (a preference of) more than twenty (degrees) and Abu Bakr in his narration (has narrated it) twenty- seven degrees.  

مسلم:٦٥٠cوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ وَابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ ح قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ قَالَ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ

عَنْ أَبِيهِ بِضْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فِي رِوَايَتِهِ سَبْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً