293 - Abu Bakr narrated to us, saying: Ibrahim al-Asbahani said to me: "A group came to me with a book they claimed this Tirmidhi had sent to me for me to review. I looked into it, and at the beginning of the book, it said: 'My father taught me etiquette that I am unable to bear.' The book contained a vilification of Mujahid—may Allah have mercy on him—and of those who hold the view of the hadith of Mujahid: 'He will seat him upon the Throne.' It stated: 'Whoever says this is a Jahmi.' I returned the book to them." Ibrahim then said: "This hadith is authentic and established. Scholars have narrated it for one hundred and sixty years; no one rejects it except the people of innovation." He criticized those who rejected it and said: "This Tirmidhi, I do not know him, and I have never seen him at all."