1533—Muhammad ibn Umar ibn Muhammad ibn Humayd informed us: Ahmad ibn Abd Allah informed us; he said: Umar ibn Shabbah told us; he said: Yahya ibn Sa'id told us, from al-Mas'udi; he said: al-Qasim ibn Abd al-Rahman told us: h.

1534—And Ubayd Allah ibn Ahmad informed us: Ahmad ibn al-Hasan informed us; he said: Abd Allah ibn Ahmad told us; he said: My father told us; Yahya ibn Sa'id told us, from al-Mas'udi; he said: al-Hasan ibn Sa'id told us, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah, who said: It was said to Abd Allah, “Indeed, Allah frequently mentions prayer: ‘those who are heedless of their prayer’ [Surah al-Ma'un 107:5], and ‘those who carefully maintain their prayers’ [Surah al-Ma'arij 70:34].” He said, “That means observing them at their prescribed times.” ⦗909⦘ They said, “We did not hold that one could abandon the prayer.” He said, “Abandoning it is disbelief.”