within Him.”

Al-Husayn narrated to us: Abū Mu‘ādh narrated to us: ‘Ubayd narrated to us, saying: “I heard al-Dahhāk say: ‘Al-Samad is the One who has no cavity.’” He also related a hadith on this from Ibn Buraydah, traced back to the Prophet, but it is weak.

He said: Others said: “He is the One from whom nothing comes forth.”

Ya‘qūb ibn Abī ‘Ulayyah narrated to us, from Abū Rajā’, who said: “I heard ‘Ikrimah say concerning His words ‘al-Samad’: ‘Nothing has come forth from Him: He neither begets nor is He begotten.’”

Ibn Bashshār narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Ja‘far narrated to us: Shu‘bah narrated to us, from Abū Rajā’ Muhammad ibn Yūsuf, from ‘Ikrimah, who said: “Al-Samad is the One from whom nothing comes forth.”

Others said: “He neither begets nor is He begotten.” He mentioned the hadith of Ubayy ibn Ka‘b related by Ibn Abī Hātim, which states that He—glorified is He—does not die and cannot be inherited from.

He said: Others said: “He is the Master whose mastery is absolute.”

He said: Abū al-Sā’ib narrated to us: Abū Mu‘āwiyah narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, from Shaqīq, who said: “Al-Samad is the Master whose mastery is absolute.”

Abū Kurayb, Ibn Bashshār and Ibn ‘Abd al-A‘lā narrated to us, saying: Wakī‘ narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, from Abū Wā’il, who said: “Al-Samad is the Master whose mastery is absolute.”

Ibn Humayd narrated to us: Mihrān narrated to us, from Sufyān, from al-A‘mash, from Abū Wā’il, with the same wording.

Abū Sālih narrated to us: Mu‘āwiyah narrated to us, from ‘Alī, from Ibn ‘Abbās, who said concerning His words ‘al-Samad’: “The Master whose mastery is perfect.” He mentioned a report similar to the hadith related by Ibn Abī Hātim, as cited above.