1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Muhammed, from Hussain bin Sa’eed, from Fadala bin Ayub, from Aban bin Uthman, from Abu’l-Jaroud, from Hukaim bin Jubayr, from Ali bin Hussain, peace be upon them both, with regards to the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «And (it is) an announcement from Allah and His Messenger» (9:3). He said