709 — Ishāq ibn Abī Hassān al-Anmātī also narrated to us, saying: Hishām ibn ʿAmmār al-Dimashqī narrated to us, saying: ʿAbd al-Hamīd ibn Abī al-ʿIshrīn narrated to us, saying: al-Awzāʿī narrated to us, saying: Yahyā ibn Abī Kathīr narrated to us, saying: Hilāl ibn Abī Maymūna narrated to me, saying: ʿAtāʾ ibn Yasār narrated to me, saying: Rifāʿa ibn ʿArāba al-Juhanī narrated to me, saying: We departed from Mecca with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “When half the night has passed—or, he said, two-thirds of it—Allah, glorious is His Majesty, descends to the lowest heaven and says: ‘I ask no one other than Myself about My servants. Who is it that asks Me, that I may give him? Who is it that calls upon Me, that I may answer him? Who is it that seeks My forgiveness, that I may forgive him?’ This continues until dawn breaks.”