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He said: Abū Abd Allah also narrated to us: Muʿāwiya ibn Amr narrated to us: Abū Ishāq—that is, al-Fazārī—narrated to us, saying: Al-Awzāʿī said, “Yahyā and Qatāda used to say: ‘Of all that came from these people, nothing, in their view, posed a greater danger to the Muslim community than the doctrine of irjāʾ.’”
قَالَ: وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ يَعْنِي الْفَزَارِيَّ قَالَ: قَالَ الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ: قَدْ كَانَ يَحْيَى وَقَتَادَةُ يَقُولَانِ: «لَيْسَ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ شَيْءٌ أَخْوَفُ عِنْدَهُمْ عَلَى الْأُمَّةِ مِنَ الْإِرْجَاءِ»