"We raise in degrees whom We will" [Yusuf 12:76]. He said, "Through knowledge."I asked, "Who told you this?"He replied, "Zayd bin Aslam claimed so."
حدثنا عبيد بن أبي قرة قال سمعت
{نرفع درجات من نشاء} قال بالعلم قلت من حدثك قال زعم ذاك زيد بن أسلم
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This is not a hadith. Rather, it is a report from Zayd bin Aslam, the Follower, and its chain of transmission to him is sahih. Suyuti mentioned this report in Durr Manthur 3/28 and attributed it only to Abu Shaykh. Here in H it is recorded as Ubaydullah bin Abu Qurrah, which is an error. We have corrected it from K and from the books of biographical evaluation.