This tradition has also been transmitted by Sa'id through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. Ibn Bashshar narrated the tradition like that of Yahya b. Sa'id. His version has:
He uttered the salutation in a way that we could hear it.
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 1345 In-book : Book 5, Hadith 96 English translation : Book 5, Hadith 1340
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