756 — Ja‘far ibn Muhammad al-Sandalī narrated to us, saying: Zuhayr ibn Muhammad al-Marwazī narrated to us, saying: Mu‘āwiya ibn Amr and Abū Sālih informed us; they said: Abū Ishāq—meaning al-Fazārī—narrated to us, from Sufyān, from Ubayd al-Mukattib, from Mujāhid, from Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with him and his father, ⦗1183⦘ who said:

“Allah, Mighty and Majestic, created four things with His Hand: Adam, peace be upon him; the Throne; the Pen; and the Gardens of Eden. He then said to the rest of creation, ‘Be,’ and it came into being.”