Hasan ibn ʿAlī al-Ḥulwānī and ʿAbd ibn Ḥumayd narrated to us—Hasan said: Yaʿqūb narrated to us, and ʿAbd said: Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Saʿd narrated to me, [who said:] my father narrated to us, from Ṣāliḥ, from Ibn Shihāb, [who said:] ʿAlī ibn Ḥusayn narrated to me that ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbbās said: A man from the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, from the Anṣār, informed me that while they were sitting one night with the Messenger of Allāh, peace and blessings be upon him, a star was thrown and it lit up. The Messenger of Allāh, peace and blessings be upon him, said to them: "What did you used to say in the Jāhiliyyah when something like this was thrown?" They said: "Allāh and His Messenger know best. We used to say: A great man was born tonight, and a great man has died." The Messenger of Allāh, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Indeed, it is not thrown for the death of anyone nor for his life. Rather, our Lord, blessed and exalted is His name, when He decrees a matter, the bearers of the Throne glorify [Him], then the inhabitants of the heaven who are next to them glorify, until the glorification reaches the inhabitants of this lowest heaven. Then those who are next to the bearers of the Throne say to the bearers of the Throne: What did your Lord say? So they inform them of what He said. Then the inhabitants of the heavens ask one another until the news reaches this lowest heaven. Then the jinn snatch the hearing and cast it to their allies, and they are struck with it. Whatever they bring as it is, that is true, but they distort it and add to it."