kinship, which took hold of the waist of the Most Merciful.” The man had received it—meaning the hadith of Abū Hurayrah—and the hadith transmitter raised his head and said, “I fear that you have disbelieved.” Abū ‘Abd Allāh said, “This man is a Jahmī.”’

Abū Tālib said: ‘I heard Abū ‘Abd Allāh being asked about the report that the hadith, “Kinship will come on the Day of Resurrection and cling to the Most Merciful,” had been read to Hishām ibn ‘Ammār, whereupon he said, “I fear that you may have