1228—Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah informed us. He said: Da‘lij ibn Ahmad informed us. He said: Ibn Shirawayh narrated to us. He said: Ishaq ibn Rahawayh narrated to us. He said: Sulayman ibn Harb narrated to us. He said: Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us, from al-Zubayr ibn al-Khirit, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas, who said:

“The hoopoe used to guide Solomon to water.” I said to him, “How could that be, when a trap covered with soil is set for the hoopoe?” He replied, “May Allah make you bite your father’s private parts! When the divine decree comes, does not sight depart?”