It is narrated on the authority of Sufyan b. 'Abdulla al-Thaqafi that
he said:
I asked the Messenger of Allah to tell me about Islam a
thing which might dispense with the necessity of my
asking anybody after you. In the hadith of
Abu Usama the (words) are: other than you.
He (the Holy Prophet) remarked:
Say I affirm my faith in Allah and then remain steadfast to it.
