أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُعَلًّى أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ خُنَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ ثَلَاثَةُ أَنْفَاسٍ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ نَفَسٍ وَاحِدٍ .
8. Abu Ali al-Ash‘ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan ibn Yahya from Mu‘alfa’ ibn ‘Uthman from Mu’alla’ ibn Khunayth who has said the folio wing: “Abu ‘Abd Allah , has said, ‘Drinking water in three breaths is better than in one breath/” 