This hadith had been transmitted by Sulaiman Shaibani with the same chain of narrators (and the words are), "There would arise out of (this group) many a group"
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Yahya ibn Yahya, Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, Amr al-Naqid, and Ishaq ibn Ibrahim narrated to us. Yahya said: Waki’ narrated to us from Shu’bah from Amr ibn Murrah, who said: I heard Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa.
And Ubaydullah ibn Mu’adh narrated to us—and the wording is his—he said: My father narrated to us from Shu’bah from Amr, and he is ibn Murrah. Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa narrated to us, who said: Whenever a people brought their charity to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, he would say: “O Allah, send blessings upon them.” So my father, Abu Awfa, brought his charity to him, and he said: “O Allah, send blessings upon the family of Abu Awfa.”
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This hadith has been narrated by Shu'bah with the same chain of transmitters (but with a slight variation of words, that he said): (O Allah), bless them."
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