His words, “Then He revealed to His servant what He revealed” (10) [al-Najm 10]. They both said, “His servant is Muhammad (may Allah bless him and grant him peace).”

If it is objected that al-Khallāl narrated: al-‘Abbās ibn Muhammad al-Dūrī narrated to us: Abū Dāwūd al-Mubārakī narrated to us: Hammād ibn Dalīl narrated to us, from Sufyān ibn Sa‘īd, from Qays ibn Muslim, from Tāriq ibn Shihāb