7 – Abu ʿAbd Allah al-ʿIjli narrated to us; Abu Usamah narrated to us; Sufyan al-Thawri narrated to us, from his father, from ʿIkrimah, who said: “Abraham—peace be upon him—was known by the kunya Abu al-Ḍayfān (Father of Guests), and his palace had four gates.”

Abu Usamah said: “Muʿalla ibn Khalid further related to me, from Sufyan, from his father, from ʿIkrimah, who said: ‘…so that no one would pass him by—meaning not a single person.’”