Masʿūd saying: and he mentioned it. It was recorded by Ibn Jarīr. I said: Its narrators are trustworthy, the narrators of the two Shaykhs, except for this Yazīd—who is the Hāshimī, their client—and he has poor memory, so there is no harm in using him for supporting evidence. It was attributed in "al-Durr al-Manthūr" (5/73) to al-Kharāʾiṭī in "Makārim al-Akhlāq." Al-Baghawī said in "Maʿālim al-Tanzīl" (6/184 - Manār) following the ḥadīth of Ibn ʿAbbās: "And this is as it was narrated in a marfūʿ manner: There is no hour of the night or day except that the sky rains in it, and Allāh directs it where He wills. Ibn Isḥāq, Ibn Jurayj, and Muqātil mentioned and reached with it Ibn Masʿūd, raising it [to the Prophet], saying: There is no year more commanding than another, but Allāh has distributed these provisions, placing them in the lowest heaven in this rain, descending from it every year in a known measure and weight. When a people commit sins, Allāh diverts it to others, and when they all sin, Allāh directs it to the deserts and seas." I said: It appears from what has preceded that the ḥadīth, even if it is mawqūf, is in the ruling of marfūʿ because it is not said from mere opinion and ijtihād, and because it was narrated as marfūʿ. And Allāh knows best.

"He will desecrate it—meaning: Mecca—and he will desecrate it—meaning: the sacred precinct of Mecca—a man from Quraysh, whose sins, if weighed against the sins of the two heavy ones, would outweigh them." It was recorded by Aḥmad (2/196 and 219): Ḥāshim narrated to us, Isḥāq—meaning Ibn Saʿīd—narrated to us, Saʿīd ibn ʿAmr said: "ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr came to Ibn al-Zubayr while he was sitting in the Hijr, and said: O Ibn al-Zubayr!