Abān ibn Sālih, reporting from Mujāhid, who said: ‘I recited the Quran before Ibn ‘Abbās three times, from beginning to end, stopping him at every verse and asking him about it.’”

Through the same chain leading to al-Tirmidhī, he said: Al-Husayn ibn Mahdī al-Basrī narrated to us: ‘Abd al-Razzāq narrated to us, from Ma‘mar, from Qatādah, who said: “There is not a verse in the Quran concerning which I have not heard something.” Through the same chain leading to him, he said: Ibn Abī ‘Umar narrated to us: Sufyān ibn ‘Uyaynah narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, who said: Mujāhid said: “Had I read the Quran according to Ibn Mas‘ūd’s reading, I would not have needed to ask Ibn ‘Abbās about much of the Quran that I asked him about.”

Ibn Jarīr said: Abū Kurayb narrated to us, saying: Talq ibn Ghannām narrated to us, from ‘Uthmān al-Makkī, from Ibn Abī Mulaykah, who said: “I saw Mujāhid asking Ibn ‘Abbās about the interpretation of the Quran, with his writing tablets beside him. Ibn ‘Abbās would tell him, ‘Write,’ until he had asked him about the interpretation of the entire Quran.” This is why Sufyān al-Thawrī used to say: “If an interpretation reaches you from Mujāhid, that is sufficient for you.”

Others include Sa‘īd ibn Jubayr, ‘Ikrimah—the freedman of Ibn ‘Abbās—‘Atā’ ibn Abī Rabāh, al-Hasan al-Basrī, Masrūq ibn al-Ajda‘, Sa‘īd ibn al-Musayyab, Abū al-‘Āliyah, al-Rabī‘ ibn Anas, Qatādah, al-Dahhāk ibn Muzāhim, and other Successors, their followers, and those who came after them. Their statements concerning a verse are cited, and their wording may differ. Someone without knowledge may mistake these differences for disagreement and therefore present them as distinct views, although that is not the case. Some express a thing by mentioning what it entails or something analogous to it, while others