“The polytheists of Quraysh came to dispute with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, concerning divine decree, whereupon the verse was revealed: ‘The Day they are dragged into the Fire...’”

I say: This does not conflict with the foregoing, since it is possible that this was revealed concerning those polytheists and others like them among the deniers of divine decree in this Ummah. And Allah knows best.

1540 — “He would supplicate: ‘O Allah, preserve me through Islam while standing; preserve me through Islam while sitting; preserve me through Islam while lying down; and do not let an enemy or an envier gloat over me. O Allah, I ask You for every good whose treasuries are in Your hand, and I seek refuge in You from every evil whose treasuries are in Your hand.’”

Al-Hakim narrated it (1/525) from ‘Abd Allah ibn Salih: al-Layth ibn Sa‘d told me; Khalid ibn Yazid told me; from Sa‘id ibn Abi Hilal; from Abu al-Sahba’; from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla, whom Ibn Mas‘ud, may Allah be pleased with him, informed that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, would supplicate... the hadith. He said: “Authentic according to al-Bukhari’s criteria.” Al-Dhahabi rebutted him, saying: “I say: al-Bukhari did not narrate from Abu al-Sahba’.”

I say: I was unable to identify who he was. I found another chain for the hadith, narrated by Mu‘alla ibn Ru’bah al-Tamimi al-Himsi, from Hashim ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr: ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab was afflicted by a misfortune, so he came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, complained of it to him, and asked him to order for him a wasq—a standard measure—of dates. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to him: “If you wish, I shall order for you a wasq of dates; and if you wish, I shall teach you words that are better for you.” He said: “Teach them to me, and order a wasq for me, for I am in need of it.” He said: