His saying: "And Solomon did not disbelieve."
989 - 'Ali ibn Harb al-Mawsili narrated to us, al-Qasim ibn Yazid narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Husayn, from 'Imran al-Sulami—meaning Ibn al-Harith—from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: "When Solomon son of David died, a devil stood up and said: 'I will guide you to a treasure the likes of which has no equal.' They asked: 'And where is it?' He said: 'Under his throne.' They said: 'This is magic.' So the nations transmitted it and adopted it as magic. Thus, Allah revealed the justification for Solomon: 'And they followed what the devils recited during the kingdom of Solomon. And Solomon did not disbelieve.' The remainder of those narrations are things that the people of Iraq discuss."
990 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Safwan narrated to us, al-Walid narrated to us, Sa'id ibn Bashir informed me, from Qatadah regarding the word of Allah: "And Solomon did not disbelieve," he said: "It was not by his consultation nor his command."
991 - Muhammad ibn al-'Abbas, the freedman of Banu Hashim, narrated to us, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Salamah narrated to us, Salamah narrated to us, from Ibn Ishaq: "And Solomon did not disbelieve," meaning: he did not know magic, and magic is disbelief for one who practices it.
His saying, the Exalted: "But the devils disbelieved."
992 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Safwan narrated to us, al-Walid narrated to us, Sa'id ibn Bashir informed us, from Qatadah regarding the word of Allah: "But the devils disbelieved," [meaning] it is something the devils fabricated. It was mentioned to us that the devils invented books, wrote magic and grave matters among the people, and taught them [the people] it.
993 - al-Hasan ibn Ahmad narrated to us, Ibrahim ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Bashshar narrated to us, Surur ibn al-Mughirah narrated to me, from 'Abbad ibn Mansur, from al-Hasan: "But the devils disbelieved," he said: "Following magic is disbelief, and magic is not from the religion of Solomon." He means: "But the devils disbelieved" by abandoning the religion of Solomon and following what the devils recited during his kingdom.
994 - Muhammad ibn al-'Abbas, the freedman of Banu Hashim, narrated to us, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Salamah narrated to us, Salamah narrated to us, from Ibn Ishaq: "But the devils disbelieved," meaning they are the ones who did what they did.
His saying: "They teach the people magic."
995 - My father narrated to us, 'Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, al-A'mash narrated to us, from al-Minhal ibn 'Amr, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas: "They teach the people magic," meaning the scrolls that they buried."
