and what has been revealed to us’—to the end of the verse.” [al-Baqarah 136]

In Sunan Abī Dāwūd, Ibn Abī Namlah al-Ansārī relates from his father that while he was sitting with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with a Jewish man also present, a bier was carried past. The Jew asked, “O Muhammad, does this deceased person speak?” The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, replied, “Allah knows best.” The Jew said, “He does speak.” The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, then said, “Whatever the People of the Book tell you, neither affirm nor deny it, but say, ‘We believe in Allah and His messengers.’ For if it is false,