We were narrated by Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Hanzali: Abdah ibn Sulayman informed us: al-A'mash narrated to us, from Shaqiq, from Abdullah, that he said regarding the verse, "And whoever embezzles will come with what he embezzled on the Day of Resurrection" — then he said: "By whose recitation do you command me to recite? For I recited to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, seventy-odd surahs, and the companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, certainly knew that I was the most knowledgeable among them of the Book of Allah. And if I knew that anyone was more knowledgeable than I, I would have traveled to him." Shaqiq said: So I sat in the circle of the companions of Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, and I did not hear anyone refuting that against him, nor criticizing him.