وَهَذَا أَبُو عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيُّ وَأَبُو رَافِعٍ الصَّائِغُ ، وَهُمَا مَنْ أَدْرَكَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةَ وَصَحِبَا أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، مِنَ الْبَدْرِيِّينَ هَلُمَّ جَرًّا ، وَنَقَلَا عَنْهُمُ الأَخْبَارَ ، حَتَّى نَزَلَا إِلَى مِثْلِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ وَذَوِيهِمَا ، قَدْ أَسْنَدَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا ، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، حَدِيثًا وَلَمْ نَسْمَعْ فِي رِوَايَةٍ بِعَيْنِهَا ، أَنَّهُمَا عَايَنَا أُبَيًّا أَوْ سَمِعَا مِنْهُ شَيْئًا ،
And this is Abu ‘Uthman al-Nahdi and Abu Rafi‘ al-Sa’igh, both of whom lived during the Jahiliyyah and accompanied the companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, from among the people of Badr and onwards, and they transmitted reports from them, until they reached the likes of Abu Hurayrah and Ibn ‘Umar and their peers. Each of them has transmitted, with an isnad, from Ubayy ibn Ka‘b, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, a hadith, but we have not heard in any specific narration that they actually met Ubayy or heard anything from him.