1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Ahmad bin Idrees, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Ahmad, that he said: I was told by Abu Ishaq – meaning Ibrahim bin Hashim – from Ibn Sinan and others from those he mentioned, that he said: I asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, about the Qur’an and the Criterion: Are they two things or one thing?

He said: Then he said: The Qur’an is the complete Book, and the Criterion is the clear part of it which is obligatory to act by.