who seek help from the dead besides Allah, exalted is He. He says:

“Indeed, those whom you call upon besides Allah are servants like yourselves. So call upon them, and let them answer you, if you are truthful. Do they have feet with which they walk, or hands with which they strike, or eyes with which they see, or ears with which they hear?” (1)

And He says:

“Those whom you call upon besides Him possess not even the thin membrane of a date stone. If you call upon them, they do not hear your call; and even if they heard, they could not answer you. On the Day of Resurrection, they will disavow your associationism. None can inform you as One All-Aware.” (2)

2461 — “No year has more rainfall than another; rather, Allah distributes it among His creatures [wherever He wills].” Then he recited: “And We have certainly distributed it among them [so that they may take heed]” (3) [the verse].

Ibn Jarir narrated it in al-Tafsir (19/15), and al-Hakim (2/403), through Sulayman al-Taymi, who said: I heard al-Hasan ibn Muslim relating to Tawus, from Saʿid ibn Jubayr, from Ibn ʿAbbas, who said: He then mentioned it. This is al-Tabari’s wording. The second addition likewise occurs in one narration, while the first addition is found in al-Hakim’s version. He said: “It is authentic according to the criteria of al-Bukhari and Muslim.” Al-Dhahabi agreed with him, and they were correct. It has a corroborating report narrated by Yazid ibn Abi Ziyad, who said that he heard Abu Juhayfah say: I heard ʿAbd Allah ibn