1. We were told by Mudaffar bin Ja’far bin Mudaffar al-Alawi al-Samarqandi, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: We were told by Ja’far bin Muhammed bin Mas’ud, from his father, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Naseer, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Muhammed ibn Isa, from Hussain bin Sa’eed, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Abu Ayub al-Khazzaz, from Muhammed bin Muslim, from Abu Abdillah, Allah’s blessings be upon him, with regards to the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate (by raising their hands)» (23:76) He said