Salamah ibn Shabīb related: “I sold my house in Nishapur and resolved to move with my family to Mecca. I said to myself, ‘I shall perform four rakʿahs and bid farewell to the occupants of the house.’ When I had prayed I called out, ‘O inhabitants of the house, peace be upon you; we are departing to live near Mecca.’ I then heard a caller say, ‘Peace be upon you, O Salamah. We too are leaving the house, for we have been informed that the man who purchased it says, “The Qur’an is created.”’ (1)
Ibn Abī Dāwūd said, “Salamah died after eating falūdhaj.” Ibn Yūnus said, “He came to Egypt, narrated in the year 246 AH, and died in Ramaḍān of 247 AH.” Abū Ḥātim said, “He is trustworthy.” (2)
Two of our shaykhs (3) informed us, saying: Mūsā al-Jīlī (4) told us; Ibn al-Bannāʾ told us; Ibn al-Busrī told us; al-Mukhliṣ told us; Yaḥyā ibn Muḥammad narrated to us; Salamah ibn Shabīb narrated to us; ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Himmānī narrated to us; Abū Saʿd (5) narrated—from Anas—who said:
“Abū Ṭalḥah sent me to invite the Prophet ﷺ to a meal he had prepared, and he said…”