this Shurayk—namely, Shurayk ibn ʿAbd Allāh, the judge—who is weak on account of his poor memory.

It also has many mursal corroborative reports through varied chains, such that anyone who examines them will be convinced of the authenticity of this report from Ibn ʿAbbās. Consult them, if you wish, in Ibn Jarīr’s Tafsīr.

Once this is established, there is no contradiction between this report of Ibn ʿAbbās and the hadith under discussion, for the occasions of revelation may be multiple. This is well known among scholars of exegesis, and the present case is one such instance.

ʿAmr ibn Dīnār has another report through this chain concerning the revelation of Allah Most High’s saying: “Indeed, those whom the angels take in death while they are wronging themselves” [al-Nisāʾ 4:97]. Al-Bazzār recorded it (2204): ʿAbdah ibn ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us: Abū Nuʿaym narrated to us: Muḥammad ibn Shurayk narrated to us, from him. He said:

“No one besides Muḥammad ibn Shurayk is known to have narrated it from ʿAmr.”

I say: He is trustworthy. He was Abū ʿUthmān al-Makkī, and a number of scholars declared him trustworthy. For this reason, al-Ḥāfiẓ said in Mukhtaṣar al-Zawāʾid (2/80/1460):

“Part of it is found in al-Bukhārī, and its chain of transmission is authentic.”

Al-Haythamī said in al-Majmaʿ (7/10):

“Al-Bazzār narrated it, and its narrators are those of the Ṣaḥīḥ, apart from Muḥammad ibn Shurayk; and he is trustworthy.”

Abū Aḥmad al-Zubayrī also corroborated him, saying: Muḥammad ibn Shurayk narrated to us from him.

Ibn Jarīr recorded it (5/148), as did Ibn Abī Ḥātim (2/175/1).