Abū Nasr narrated to us, saying: Abū Bakr narrated to us, saying: Abū Abd Allah narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Razzāq narrated to us, saying: Maʿmar narrated to us, from Ibn Tāwūs, from his father, that whenever he was asked, “Are you a believer?” he would reply, “I believe in Allah, His angels, His Books, and His messengers,” and would say no more than that.