1221—Al-Hasan ibn Uthman informed us. He said: Ahmad ibn Ja'far narrated to us. He said: ⦗741⦘ Ibrahim ibn Abd Allah narrated to us. He said: Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Ansari narrated to us. He said: Ibn Jurayj narrated to us, from Ibn Tawus, from his father, who said:

I bear witness that I heard Ibn Abbas say: “Incapacity and competence are by divine decree.”