160 — Abū Abd Allah Jaʿfar ibn Idrīs al-Qazwīnī related to us, saying: Hammūyah ibn Yūnus, the imam of the congregational mosque of Qazwīn, related to us, saying: Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad ibn ⦗496⦘ Fudayl al-Ra'sī, of Ra's al-Ayn, related to us, saying: Abd Allah ibn Sālih, the scribe of al-Layth ibn Saʿd, related to us, saying: Muʿāwiya ibn Sālih related to us, from Alī ibn Abī Talha, from Ibn Abbās, concerning the saying of Allah Most High, “An Arabic Quran, without any deviance” [al-Zumar: 28]. He said: “Uncreated.”
Hammūyah ibn Yūnus said: This hadith reached Ahmad ibn Hanbal, so he wrote to Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad ibn Fudayl requesting his written authorization to transmit it. Jaʿfar sent him his authorization, and Ahmad was delighted with this hadith. He said: “How did I miss this hadith from Abd Allah ibn Sālih?”