does a rational Muslim think that a Muslim—let alone two noble Companions: Abū Saʿīd and Abū Hurayrah—would say regarding the virtue of the declaration of faith which they narrated: that whoever says it during their illness and then dies, the fire will not touch them?! And likewise, his saying about his Lord: "His Lord confirmed him," and his saying: "There is no deity but Me," does he say all of this based on his own opinion, without guidance from the wise Lawgiver?! By Allāh, it is indeed a great falsehood, that a Muslim would attribute this to the two noble Companions. Isn't all of this indicative that this commentator fits the well-known proverb: "He became a raisin before becoming a sour grape"?! Indeed, by Allāh! And what further confirms this is his weakening of the ḥadīth of the chapter and the ḥadīth on the virtue of Āyat al-Kursī—both narrated by Abū al-Mutawakkil from Abū Hurayrah—due to a disconnection that no one else mentioned, as he said (pp. 535-536): "And I see that this narration is mursal, Abū al-Mutawakkil transmitted it without hearing it from Abū Hurayrah, as clarified by the narration of Ibn Mardawayh as in 'Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr' (1/306). Moreover, I did not find a single narration of Abū al-Mutawakkil from Abū Hurayrah where he explicitly stated he heard it from him, and I did not find for him in the six books and 'Musnad Aḥmad' except this narration, and another one in Aḥmad (2/324) which contains objectionable content"! So I say—and Allāh is the one whose help is sought against those claiming knowledge in this era—firstly: his statement: "And I see that the narration is mursal..." (1), so I say: "This is not your nest, so crawl away!" For neither you nor anyone else can prove the non-hearing of the Successor from..