760 - Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Sahrah informed us, saying: Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar al-Zuhri narrated to us, saying: Abu Urwa al-Zubayri narrated to us, saying: A man who disparaged [the Companions] was mentioned in the presence of Malik ibn Anas, so he recited: "In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; and those with him are forceful against the disbelievers, merciful among themselves. You see them bowing and prostrating [in prayer], seeking bounty from Allah and [His] pleasure. Their mark is on their faces from the trace of prostration. That is their description in the Torah. And their description in the Gospel is as a plant which produces its offshoots and strengthens them so they grow firm and stand upon their stalks, delighting the sowers - so that Allah may enrage by them the disbelievers" [Al-Fath: 29]. Malik then said: "Whoever wakes up with rage in his heart against the Companions of Muhammad, peace be upon him, has been struck by [the implications of] this verse."