حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: «بِحَسْبِ الْمَرْءِ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَ».
Translation: Muḥammad b. al-Muthannā transmitted through ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, Sufyān, Abū Isḥāq and Abū al-Aḥwaṣ from ʿAbd Allāh: It is sufficient falsehood for a person to narrate everything heard.
“ʿAbd Allāh” in this chain refers to ʿAbd Allāh b. Masʿūd, as identified in the commentary. Agreement in substance does not make the actual chain or precise attribution dispensable.
The “ʿAbd al-Raḥmān” in this chain is ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Mahdī, and “Sufyān” is Sufyān al-Thawrī, as identified by al-Nawawī. These identifications explain the abbreviated names without modifying the original isnād.