#690 This tradition has also been reported by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators.


Abu Hurairah reported:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ...... He then narrated the tradition about drawing the line.


Sufyan said: We did not find anything by which we could reinforce this tradition, and this has been narrated only through this chain.


He ('Ali b. al-Madini, a narrator) said: I said to Sufyan: There is a difference of opinion of the name (Abu Muhammad b. 'Amr). He pondered for a moment and then said: I do not remember except Abu Muhammad b. 'Amr Sufyan said: A man had come to Kufah after the death of Isma'il b. Umayyah ; he was seeking Abu Muhammad until he found him. He asked him (about this tradition) but he became confused. Abu Dawud said: I heard Ahmad b. Hanbal who was questioned many times how the line should be drawn. He replied: In this way. horizontally like crescent.


Abu Dawud said: I heard Musaddad say: Ibn Dawud said: The line should be drawn perpendicularly.


Abu Dawud said: I heard Ahmad b. Hanbal describing many times how the line should be drawn. He said: In this way horizontally in the round semi-circular form like the crescent, that is (the line should be) a curve.