1077—Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Abbas informed us: Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Sa'id informed us: al-Rabi ibn Sulayman narrated to us: Asad ibn Musa narrated to us: Sa'id ibn Salim narrated to us.
1078—And Abdullah ibn Muslim ibn Yahya informed us: al-Husayn ibn Isma'il informed us: Ali ibn Ahmad al-Marqi narrated to us: Asad ibn Musa narrated to us: Sa'id ibn Salim narrated to us, from al-Mu'tamir. Ibn Sa'id's narration is from Sulayman, from Abu al-Ashhab, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Maysarah, from Rabi'ah ibn Yazid, from Abu Idris, from Ibn al-Daylami, from Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say:
“Indeed, Allah created creation and placed them in a single darkness. Then He took from His light and cast it upon that darkness. Whoever was touched by the light was guided, while whoever it missed went astray.”