and Dirār ibn ‘Amr, such as Abū ‘Īsā Muhammad ibn ‘Īsā Barghūth, who debated Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and Hafs al-Fard, who used to debate al-Shāfi‘ī. The same is true of the followers of theologians who affirm the divine attributes, such as the followers of Abū Muhammad ‘Abd Allāh ibn Sa‘īd ibn Kullāb, Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allāh ibn Karrām, Abū al-Hasan ‘Alī ibn Ismā‘īl al-Ash‘arī, and others.