1295—‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Umar granted us authorization. Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ya‘qub informed us. My grandfather Ya‘qub related to us. ‘Ali ibn Abi Hashim related to me. Isma‘il ibn ‘Ulayyah related to us, from Sa‘id ibn Abi ‘Arubah, from Qatadah, who said: I asked Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyib about divine decree, and he replied, “Whatever has been decreed has indeed been decreed, and whatever has not been decreed has not been decreed.”

1296—Qatadah said: “All things are by divine decree, except acts of disobedience.”