English translation
[5464] (...) It was narrated from Shu'bah with this chain of narrators (a Ḥadīth similar to no. 5463). In the Ḥadīth of Ibn Ja'far it says: "Marwān used to appoint Abū Hurairah to govern in his absence." And in the Ḥadīth of Ibn Al-Muthanna it says: "Abū Hurairah used to be appointed in charge of Al-Madīnah."
