254 – ʿAbdullāh narrated to us; he said: Muḥammad ibn Rajāʾ ibn al-Sanadī narrated to us; he said: al-Naḍr ibn Shumayl narrated to us, from Abū ʿAwn, from Muḥammad, from Abū al-Jald, who said: ⦗171⦘ “Kings are sent over the people because of their sins.”