764 — Jafar al-Sandalī also narrated to us, saying: Zuhayr narrated to us, saying: Ubayd Allāh ibn Mūsā informed us, from Isrā’īl, from Mansūr, from Ribī ibn Hirāsh, from Kharashah ibn al-Hurr, who said:

I entered upon Abd Allāh ibn Salām, but he drew back from me until I told him my lineage. ⦗1189⦘ He then recognized me and said, “By Allah, I narrate nothing unless it is in the Book of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Moses, peace be upon him, drew near to his Lord, Mighty and Majestic, until he heard the scratching of the pens. He said, ‘Gabriel, does your Lord sleep?’ Gabriel said, ‘My Lord, he asks You whether You sleep.’ He replied, ‘Gabriel, give him two glass vessels and have him hold them throughout the night without sleeping.’ So he gave them to him, but he fell asleep, whereupon the two vessels struck one another and shattered. He said, ‘My Lord, the two vessels have shattered.’ He replied, ‘Gabriel, it is not fitting for Me to sleep. Were I to sleep, the heavens and the earth would pass away.’”

Muhammad ibn al-Husayn said: We seek refuge in Allah from anyone who does not believe in everything we have mentioned. It is only the Jahmiyya who do not believe in what we have mentioned. They have opposed the Book and the Sunnah, the sunnah of the Companions—may Allah Most High be pleased with them—and the imams of the Muslims. Every Muslim who understands what Allah has conveyed should therefore be on guard against them where his religion is concerned. ⦗1190⦘

Ibn al-Mubārak said, “We are indeed able to recount the words of the Jews and Christians, but we are unable to recount the words of the Jahmiyya