It was narrated that Qais said: I saw `Umar with a leafless palm branch in his hand, and he was telling the people to sit down, saying: Listen to the words of the successor of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). A freed slave of Abu Bakr, whose name was Shadeed, brought the document and read it to the people, He said: Abu Bakr says: Listen to and obey what is in this document, for by Allah I am very sincere towards you, Qais said: And I saw `Umar after that on the minbar.

تلتقي أسانيد هذه الأحاديث عند ابن جريج (ت ١٤٩) — يمر به ١٠ من ١٠ إسناداً، على ٣ رواة في أعلاها.