168 — Ibn Makhlad also related to us, saying: Abū Dāwūd related to us, saying ⦗503⦘: Ubayd Allah ibn Umar al-Qawārīrī related to us, saying: Abd al-Rahmān ibn Mahdī said, “If I held authority, I would take my stand on the bridge, and no one who said, ‘The Quran is created,’ would pass me without my striking off his head and casting him into the water.”