and narrated the report of Shu‘bah, from Qatādah, from ‘Ikrimah, from Anas, that Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had indeed seen his Lord, Blessed and Exalted is He. He also narrated this report through Hammād ibn Salamah, from Qatādah, from ‘Ikrimah, from Ibn ‘Abbās.

Also narrated was the report of ‘Āsim, from al-Sha‘bī and ‘Ikrimah, from Ibn ‘Abbās, who said: “Muhammad saw his Lord.” He also narrated the report of ‘Ikrimah, from Ibn ‘Abbās, that Allah chose Abraham as His intimate friend and chose