—he said, “It was Muhammad who drew near and came closer to his Lord, Mighty and Majestic.”

He also narrated the hadith of Muhammad ibn ‘Amr from Abū Salamah, and the hadith of Hishām al-Dastawā’ī from Qatādah, from ‘Abd Allāh ibn Shaqīq, who said:

I said to Abū Dharr, “Had I seen the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, I would have asked him something.”

He asked, “What would you have asked him?”

I said, “I would have asked him, ‘Did you see your Lord?’”

He replied, “I asked him, and he said, ‘Light—how could I see Him?’”

He also narrated the hadith of Hishām from Qatādah, from ‘Ikrimah, from Ibn ‘Abbās: “Do you find it surprising that close friendship should be granted to Abraham, speech with Allah to Moses, and the vision