166 — Umar ibn Ayyūb al-Saqatī related to us, saying: Al-Hasan ibn al-Sabbāh al-Bazzār related to us, saying: Surayj ibn al-Nuʿmān related to us, saying: Abd Allah ibn Nāfiʿ related to us, saying: Mālik ibn Anas used to say, “The Quran is the Speech of Allah,” and he regarded the statement of anyone who said, “The Quran is created,” as abhorrent. Mālik said, “Such a person should be severely beaten and imprisoned until he dies.”