English Translation

Hadrat Yahya ibn Yahya and Hadrat Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah (may Allah be well pleased with him) said: Abu Hadrat Mu'awiyah and Waki' narrated to us. Likewise, (Muhammad ibn Abdullah) Ibn Numayr said: My father narrated to us. All of them (Abu Hadrat Mu'awiyah, Waki', and Ibn Numayr) narrated from al-A'mash, from Abdullah ibn Murrah, from Masruq, from Hadrat Abdullah (ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be well pleased with him), who said: The Beloved Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) stated: Whoever slaps the cheeks, or tears the front opening of the garment, or calls out with the cries of the Age of Ignorance — he is not of us. This is the hadith of Yahya (which he narrated through Abu Hadrat Mu'awiyah). However, (Muhammad) Ibn Numayr and Hadrat Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah (who narrated from both Abu Hadrat Mu'awiyah and Waki') used 'wa' (and) without alif instead of 'aw' (or).