This hadeeth comes under the following chapter: THE QUESTION OF A JEW FROM ALLAAH'S MESSENGER (SALLALLAAHU ALAYHI WA SALLAM) ABOUT SOUL AND HIS WORDS." THEY ASK THEE ABOUT THE SOUL"
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Khabbib through another chain of transmitters and the words are. I in the pre-Islamic days used to work as an iron-smith. I did some work for 'As b. Wa'il and came to him for getting the remuneration of my wages.