Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Sufyān from his father > Abū Yaʿlá > al-Rabīʿ b. Khuthaym > ʿAbdullāh

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ drew a square for us, then drew a line through the middle of it, and drew lines around it. He drew a line outside the square and said, "This person represents the middle line, and this circle encloses it. These lines represent the qualities. If one's line deviates, the others will correct it. And this hope is for the outside line." – Sound Chain

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْلَى عَنْ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

خَطَّ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَطًّا مُرَبَّعًا ثُمَّ خَطَّ وَسَطَهُ خَطًّا ثُمَّ خَطَّ حَوْلَهُ خُطُوطًا وَخَطَّ خَطًّا خَارِجًا مِنَ الْخَطِّ فَقَالَ «هَذَا الْإِنْسَانُ لِلْخَطِّ الْأَوْسَطِ وَهَذَا الْأَجَلُ مُحِيطٌ بِهِ وَهَذِهِ الْأَعْرَاضُ لِلْخُطُوطِ فَإِذَا أَخْطَأَهُ وَاحِدٌ نَهَشَهُ الْآخَرُ وَهَذَا الْأَمَلُ لِلْخَطِّ الْخَارِجِ» – إسناده صحيح