His saying, the Exalted: 'This is not but the character of the former [peoples].'
15827 - My father narrated to us, [saying]: Abu Salih narrated to us, [saying]: Mu'awiyah ibn Salih narrated to me, from 'Ali ibn Abi Talhah, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: 'character of the former [peoples]', he says: The religion of the former [peoples].
15828 - 'Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Hisinjani narrated to us, [saying]: Musaddad narrated to us, [saying]: Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us, [saying]: Dawud ibn Abi Hind narrated to us, from al-Sha'bi, from 'Alqamah regarding His saying: 'This is not but the character of the former [peoples]', he said: The innovation of the former [peoples].
15829 - Hajjaj ibn Hamzah narrated to us, [saying]: Shababah narrated to us, [saying]: Warqa' narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid regarding His saying: 'character of the former [peoples]', he said: Their lying.
15830 - Al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid ibn Mazid informed us, [saying]: Muhammad ibn Shu'ayb reported to us, [saying]: 'Uthman ibn 'Ata' narrated to us, from his father 'Ata', [who said]: As for 'character of the former [peoples]', it means the affair of the former [peoples]. It was reported from 'Ikrimah and 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd the same [interpretation].
15831 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, [saying]: Al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid reported to us, [saying]: Yazid narrated to us, [saying]: Sa'id narrated to us, from Qatadah regarding His saying: 'character of the former [peoples]', [meaning]: This is how people were before us; they lived as long as they lived, then they died, so there is neither resurrection nor reckoning for them.
15832 - Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Hammad al-Tahrani informed me in what he wrote to me, [saying]: 'Abd al-Razzaq reported to us, [saying]: Ma'mar reported to us, from Qatadah regarding His saying: 'This is not but the character of the former [peoples]', he said: He says: 'Thus I created the former [peoples], and thus they used to live and die.'
15833 - Muhammad ibn Sa'd informed me in what he wrote to me, [saying]: My father narrated to us, [saying]: My paternal uncle narrated to us, [saying]: My father narrated to us, from his father, from Ibn 'Abbas: 'This is not but the character of the former [peoples]', he says: Legends of the former [peoples].
His saying: 'And we will not be punished.'
15834 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, [saying]: Safwan ibn Salih narrated to us, [saying]: Al-Walid narrated to us, [saying]: Sa'id ibn Bashir narrated to us, from Qatadah regarding His saying: 'And we will not be punished', he said: They said: 'We are only like the former [peoples]; we live as the former [peoples] lived, then we die, and there is neither resurrection nor reckoning.'
