"Indeed, Allāh elevates the offspring of the believer to his rank, even if they are below him in deeds, to please him, and then he recited: *'And those who believed and whose descendants followed them in faith'* (1) the verse, and then he said: 'We did not diminish the parents by what We gave to the children.'" It was recorded by al-Bazzār (p. 221), Ibn ʿAdī (p. 270/1), and al-Baghawī in "al-Tafsīr" (8/82 - Manār) from Qays ibn al-Rabīʿ, from ʿAmr ibn Murrah, from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who attributed it to the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) and mentioned it. Al-Bazzār said: "It was narrated by al-Thawrī from ʿAmr ibn Murrah as a mawqūf [stopped] narration." Al-Ḥāfiẓ commented afterwards: "He is more reliable and trustworthy than Qays." I said: There is no doubt about that, but it can be said that the mawqūf narration holds the status of marfūʿ [elevated], because it is not said based on mere opinion, rather it is evident from the mentioned verse, which is what Ibn Jarīr and others favored in their interpretation. He also recorded it (27/15) and al-Ḥākim (2/468) through various chains from al-Thawrī from ʿAmr ibn Murrah as mawqūf on Ibn ʿAbbās, and it is a ṣaḥīḥ isnād. As for the ḥadīth recorded by al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr" with another isnād from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr from Ibn ʿAbbās as marfūʿ with the wording: "When a man enters Paradise, he asks about his parents, wife, and children? It is said: They did not reach your rank, so he says: O Lord, I have worked for myself and for them, so they are commanded to be joined with him, and Ibn ʿAbbās recited: *'And those who believed and whose descendants followed them in faith'* (2), the verse." It is fabricated, even though al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Kathīr remained silent about it (8/82), as if they overlooked this, and I have documented it and explained its defect in the other book (2602).