his head, he declared, “There is no god but Allah, there is no god but Allah,” and he could not complete the third utterance. (1)

Hammām ibn Yahyā narrated from Muhammad ibn Juhādah, from Abū Maʿshar, from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, who said: “Abū Masʿūd al-Badri saw me on an ʿEid day while I was wearing a topknot. He said, ‘Young man! On a day like this there is no prayer before the imam’s prayer. Once the imam has prayed, perform two rakʿahs afterward and recite at length.’

Shuʿbah narrated from al-Aʿmash, from Mujāhid, who said: Ibn ʿAbbās said to Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, ‘Speak.’ He replied, ‘Shall I speak while you are here?’ Ibn ʿAbbās said, ‘Is it not one of Allah’s favors to you that you should narrate while I am present? If you get it right, so much the better; if you err, I shall correct you.’ (2)

Yaʿqūb al-Qummī related from Jaʿfar ibn Abī al-Mughīrah, from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, who said: “I would sometimes come to Ibn ʿAbbās and write in my scroll until I filled it, write on my sandal until I filled it, and even write on the palm of my hand.” (3)

Jaʿfar ibn Abī al-Mughīrah said: “After Ibn ʿAbbās lost his sight, whenever the people of Kūfah came to ask him questions he would say, ‘Do you put your questions to me when Ibn Umm Dahmāʾ is among you?’—meaning Saʿīd ibn Jubayr. (4)

Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī transmitted from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr that he said: “I used to pose my questions to Ibn ʿUmar in a written note, and had he known of it, that would have put an end to what was between him and me.” (5)