284 — Abū Bakr ‘Abd Allāh ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Hamīd al-Wāsitī ⦗665⦘ narrated to us: Muhammad ibn al-Muthannā Abū Mūsā al-Zamin narrated to us: ‘Abd al-A‘lā narrated to us: Yūnus narrated to us, from al-Hasan, who said: A man in the presence of Ibn Mas‘ūd said, “I am a believer.” Ibn Mas‘ūd was told, “Abū ‘Abd al-Rahmān, he claims that he is a believer.” He said, “Then ask him whether he is in Paradise or in the Fire.” They asked him, and he replied, “Allah knows best.” Ibn Mas‘ūd then said, “Why did you not leave the former matter to Allah just as you left the latter to Him?”