491 - Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Matar and Abu Yahya informed us that Abu Talib narrated to them regarding this issue, saying: Abu Abd Allah narrated to us, saying: Isma'il narrated to us, from Sa'id, from Qatadah, who said: Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib said: "Had I borne witness for any living person, I would have borne witness for Abdullah ibn Umar." This indicates to you that he [Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib] would bear witness by that [the statement] that he is in Paradise, but he does not bear witness for the living, because he does not know what might occur [for them].
٤٩١ - وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَطَرٍ، وَأَبُو يَحْيَى أَنَّ أَبَا طَالِبٍ حَدَّثَهُمْ ⦗٣٦٣⦘ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَسْأَلَةِ، قَالَ: ثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: ثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ: لَوْ شَهِدْتُ لِأَحَدٍ حَيٍّ لَشَهِدْتُ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ". هَذَا يَدُلُّكَ أَنَّهُ يَشْهَدُ بِذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، وَلَا يُشْهَدُ لِلْحَيِّ؛ لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي مَا يَحْدُثُ
