English Translation

Muhammad ibn Ya'qub informed me, Muhammad ibn Ishaq narrated to us, Ali ibn Muslim narrated to us, Ziyad al-Bakka'i narrated to us from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Ja'far ibn Muhammad, from his father, from his grandfather Ali ibn al-Husayn, in the hadith about the digging (of the grave of the Noble Prophet): "Hadrat Abu Talha, Zayd ibn Sahl (may Allah be well pleased with him), was the one who dug."