'Urwa reported on the same chain of transmitters that Hassan b. Thabit sought permission from Allah's Apostle (صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ) to satirise against the polytheists, but he did not mention Abu Sufyan. And instead of the word al- Khamir, the word al-'Ajin was used.