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and al-Athram were jurists, whereas Abū Ḥanīfa, Mālik, al-Shāfiʿī, and Aḥmad were not; or who went on to say: “Al-Akhfash, Ibn al-Anbārī, and al-Mubarrad were grammarians.”
وَالْأَثْرَمَ كَانُوا فُقَهَاءَ وَأَبَا حَنِيفَةَ وَمَالِكًا وَالشَّافِعِيَّ وَأَحْمَدَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا فُقَهَاءَ أَوْ قَالَ:
إِنَّ الْأَخْفَشَ وَابْنَ الْأَنْبَارِيِّ وَالْمُبَرِّدَ كَانُوا نُحَاةً