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Did Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) mention "Yusuf's witness" among the four children who spoke in the cradle, and where is the companion of the story of the Ditch, and would the number then become five considering him among them?

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The preponderant view is that only three individuals spoke from the cradle: Jesus (peace be upon him), the companion of Jurayj, and the third child from the story of the woman who was suckling her infant. As for the narration of Ibn Abbas concerning the story of Pharaoh's daughter's hairdresser, it is weak, and its last sentence is not attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Furthermore, the child in the story of the People of the Ditch was not an infant, and his narration may likely be from the words of Suhayb Al-Rumi and not attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).

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