The hadith has been narrated on the authority ot al-A'mash with the same chain of transmitters but no mention is made of:

" They are my companions; they are my companions."

وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ جَرِيرٍ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ ‏.‏ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ ‏

‏ أَصْحَابِي أَصْحَابِي ‏

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