وَأَسْنَدَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى، وَقَدْ حَفِظَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ وَصَحِبَ عَلِيًّا، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَدِيثًا.
Translation: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Laylā preserved reports from ʿUmar and accompanied ʿAlī; he also transmits a Prophetic report through Anas ibn Mālik.
His established hearing from ʿUmar and company with ʿAlī demonstrate historical transmission activity, but do not by themselves certify this particular hearing from Anas. Muslim’s criterion does not equate the two issues.
Al-Nawawī identifies the report through Anas as the occasion when Abū Ṭalḥah asked Umm Sulaym to prepare food for the Prophet. This identification belongs to the commentary, not to a full narration reproduced in Muslim’s sentence. Established biographical relations and explicit hearing in this particular chain remain distinct questions.