I do not know whether this is how the narration is with him or if it was omitted by the copyist. In any case, the ḥadīth has another chain that strengthens it. It was recorded by al-Ḥākim (4/217) through the narration of Qays ibn al-Sakan al-Asadī, who said: "ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) entered upon a woman and saw that she had red beads, so he violently cut them off and said: 'The family of ʿAbd Allāh is free from shirk.' He also said: 'Among what we preserved from the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam):' and then he mentioned it." He said: "The isnād is authentic." Al-Dhahabī agreed with him, and it is as they said. The strange term: (al-ruqá) here refers to what involves seeking refuge with the jinn, or whose meaning is not understood, such as writing