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The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Salman through a different chain of narrators. This version goes:Salman said: The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) was asked about locusts. He replied in a similar way(as mentioned above) saying: The most numerous of Allah’s host. The narrator ‘Ali said: His name is Fa’id, that is the name of al-Awwam. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by Hammad b. Salamah, from Abu al-Awwam from Abu uthman, from the Prophet (ﷺ). He did not mention salman (i.e., the companions)

حدثنا نصر بن علي، وعلي بن عبد الله، قالا حدثنا زكرياء بن يحيى بن عمارة، عن ابي العوام الجزار، عن ابي عثمان النهدي، عن سلمان، ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم سيل فقال مثله فقال " اكثر جند الله " . قال علي اسمه فايد يعني ابا العوام . قال ابو داود رواه حماد بن سلمة عن ابي العوام عن ابي عثمان عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لم يذكر سلمان