حدثنا عبد الله ، حدثني أبي ، قَالَ : سَمِعْت يَحْيَى بْنَ سَعِيدٍ يَقُولُ : مُطَرِّفٌ أَكْبَرُ مِنَ الْحَسَنِ بِعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً ، وَأَبُو الْعَلَاءِ أَكْبَرُ مِنَ الْحَسَنِ بِعَشْرِ سِنِينَ . قال عبد الله : قال أبي : حَدَّثَنِيهِ أَخٌّ لِأَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي عَقِيلٍ الدَّوْرَقِيِّ بِهَذَا.
Abdullah narrated to us, my father narrated to me, he said: I heard Yahya ibn Sa'id say: Mutarrif is twenty years older than al-Hasan, and Abu al-'Ala is ten years older than al-Hasan. Abdullah said: My father said: It was narrated to me by a brother of Abu Bakr ibn al-Aswad, from Yahya ibn Sa'id, from Abu Aqil al-Dawraqi with this.