and Ibn al-Madinī, together with others, said that he died in 104 AH. Another report coming from Ibn al-Madinī puts the date at 108 AH; this was transmitted from him by his son ʿAbd Allāh, who in turn cited yet another view, namely 107 AH.

Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar al-Wāqidī narrated from Ibn Jurayj who said: Mujāhid reached the age of eighty-three (1).

Yaḥyā al-Qaṭṭān and other authorities said: he died in 104 AH.

Muḥammad ibn Ḥumayd al-Rāzī, the ḥāfiẓ, related to us—ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Quddūs reported from al-Aʿmash—who said:

“Whenever Mujāhid heard of some astonishing marvel, he would travel to see it for himself. He went to the Well of Barahūt (2) in Ḥaḍramawt, and he travelled to Babylon, which then had a governor over it. Mujāhid said to the governor, ‘Will you show me Hārūt and Mārūt?’ So he summoned one of the magicians and said, ‘Take him.’ The Jew (i.e., the magician) stipulated: ‘On the condition that you do not supplicate Allah in their presence.’

“He led me to a fortress, pried a stone from it, and said, ‘Hold on to my leg.’ Down we went until we reached a vast hollow (3). There they were, hanging upside-down (4) like twin mountains. When I saw them I exclaimed, ‘Glory be to Allah, the One who created you both!’ They began to quake, as though mountains were crumbling, and I lost consciousness, as did the Jew. He revived before I did and said, ‘You have destroyed yourself—and me as well!’ (5)”

Ishāq al-Asadī informed us; Ibn Khalīl informed us; Abū al-Makārim informed us; Abū ʿAlī informed us; Abū Nuʿaym narrated; Abū Aḥmad Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad narrated to us; ʿAbd Allāh ibn Shīrawayh narrated to us; Ibn Rāhwayh narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn Salamah and al-Muḥāribī both said: Ibn Isḥāq reported from Abān ibn Ṣāliḥ, from Mujāhid, who said: “I presented the Qur’an…"