regarding the matter, so he doubted in his place. He said: "How can I have a boy?" he says: From where, "And old age has already reached me and my wife is barren?" He said: "Such is Allah; He does what He wills. ... And I have created you before, while you were nothing."

3474 - Abu Bakr b. Abi Musa narrated to us, Harun b. Hatim reported to us, 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Hammad reported to us, from Asbat, from al-Suddi, from Abu Malik regarding His saying: "Such is," he said: Meaning, like this.

His saying, the Exalted: "He said: 'My Lord, make a sign for me.'"

3475 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, 'Amr b. Hammad reported to us, Asbat reported to us, from al-Suddi, he said: Zakariyya said: My Lord, if this voice is from You, then make a sign for me. He said: "Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three days except by gesture."

His saying, the Exalted: "He said: 'Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three days.'"

3476 - My father narrated to us, 'Amr b. 'Ali al-Sayrafi reported to us, Abu Qutaybah narrated to me, Warqa' b. 'Umar reported to us, from 'Ata' b. al-Sa'ib, from Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami regarding His saying: "Three days except by gesture," he said: His tongue was restrained without illness.

3477 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, 'Amr b. Hammad reported to us, Asbat reported to us, from al-Suddi, he said: "Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three days except by gesture," his tongue was restrained for three days and three nights.

3478 - Al-Hasan b. Abi al-Rabi' narrated to us, 'Abd al-Razzaq informed us, from Ma'mar, from Qatadah, he said: "Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three days except by gesture," he said: Gesturing, and it was a punishment he was penalized with because he asked for the sign after the angels had spoken to him with what they gave him glad tidings of.

[His saying, the Exalted: "Except by gesture"]

[The First Aspect]

3479 - 'Ali b. al-Husayn narrated to us, 'Uthman b. Abi Shaybah reported to us, Salamah b. al-Fadl reported to us, from Isma'il b. Muslim, from Humayd al-A'raj, from Mujahid, from Ibn 'Abbas, he said: The gesture is with the lips.