2005 — ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm told us; he said: Ismāʿīl ibn Muḥammad related to us; he said: ʿAbbās ibn Muḥammad narrated to us; he said: Abū Bakr ibn Abī al-Aswad narrated to us; he said: Ismāʿīl—meaning Ibn ʿUlayyah—narrated from Ibn ʿAwn, who said: I never saw anyone whose hope for this ummah was greater than Muḥammad—meaning Ibn Sīrīn. He would reflect upon certain verses of the Quran, such as: “What led you into Saqar? They will say, ‘We were not among those who prayed’ ” (Q 74:43), and: “None will enter it except the most wretched—he who denied and turned away” (Q 92:15).