English translation
2331. Aḥmad bin ‘Abdul-Wāhid narrated to us (saying): “Abū Musḥir narrated to us, he said: ‘Sa‘eed — meaning Ibn ‘Abdul-‘Azīz — said: “Sirruhu (means): its beginning.”” (Saḥīḥ) Abū Dāwūd said: Some of them said: Sirruhu is its middle, and they say that it is its end.
