1034 — Abū Bakr ibn Abī Dāwūd narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Abbād ibn Adam narrated to us, saying: Abū Bakr ibn Sulaymān narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Ishāq informed us, saying: Abd al-Rahmān ibn al-Hārith ibn Abd Allah ibn Ayyāsh narrated to me, from Abd Allah ibn Abī Salama, that Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattāb sent a messenger to Abd Allah ibn Abbās to ask him, “Did Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) see his Lord—Mighty and Majestic?” Abd Allah ibn Abbās sent word back to him: “Yes.” Abd Allah ibn Umar then sent his messenger back to ask, “How did he see Him?” He replied, “He saw Him in a verdant meadow ⦗1544⦘, beneath Him a spread of gold upon a golden chair carried by four angels: one angel in the form of a man, one in the form of an eagle, one in the form of a lion, and one in the form of a bull.”