the aspect of promise; for it is subject to investigation, as it cannot be taken at face value, as previously mentioned. It seems that Ibn Masʿūd was not aware of the ḥadīth of Jābir, which Muslim recorded with the wording: It was said: O Messenger of Allāh! What are the two inevitable outcomes? He said: "Whoever dies not associating anything with Allāh will enter Paradise, and whoever dies associating anything with Allāh will enter the Fire"... Likewise, Abū ʿAwānah (1/18), and Aḥmad (3/391). I say: It has been impressed upon me that the statement of Ibn Masʿūd is quite similar to the statement of Ibn ʿUmar regarding the (Tashahhud) after the testimony: And I added to it: Alone, without partner... and it is confirmed in the (Tashahhud) of several Companions, so it appears that they both said what they said relying on other Companions who heard it from the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) rather than directly from him, and thus they did not attribute it to the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam). This is perhaps indicated by Ibn Masʿūd's statement in the aforementioned narration of ʿĀṣim: I did not hear it from the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam). Perhaps this is more appropriate than interpreting that he said it as a deduction, adhering to the evidence of the discourse. And Allāh knows best. As for the later ḥāfiẓ, it is Imām al-Suyūṭī; he included the narration attributed to Ibn Masʿūd in "al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr" (2/835) from the narration of (Ḥam, Kh, M) from Ibn Masʿūd. (Ḥam, al-Dārimī, Ṭab, al-Baghawī) from Abū Ayyūb. (Ḥam, Baz, Ibn Khuzaymah, N, Ḥal) from Abū al-Dardāʾ. (ʿ) from Abū Saʿīd. This gave the impression that the ḥadīth is elevated to the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) according to al-Bukhārī and Muslim, as it is with the others, and he furthered this impression in his other book "al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr"; for he abbreviated the referencing in it, mentioning it only from the narration of Ibn Masʿūd with the symbol (Ḥam, Q)!