al-Duba‘ī narrated to us: Abū Bahr al-Bakrāwī narrated to us: Shu‘bah narrated to us, from Qatādah, from Anas, who said: ‘Muhammad saw his Lord.’”

This report therefore rests on Abū Bahr’s transmission from Shu‘bah, and his solitary transmission warrants scrutiny. He may have confused it with some of Qatādah’s reports on this subject, for Qatādah narrated reports mentioning the vision from ‘Ikrimah and others. Otherwise, his being the only one among Shu‘bah’s students to transmit it raises a doubt that warrants scrutiny.

Al-Tabarānī also narrated in al-Sunnah, in the chapter on Muhammad’s vision of his Lord, concerning the words of the Most High:

“Then He revealed to His servant what He revealed” (10) [al-Najm 10]:

“Muhammad ibn ‘Alī al-Sā’igh narrated to us: Sa‘īd ibn Mansūr narrated to us: We were told by