Al-Khallāl said:

“What al-Maymūnī reported was an earlier position held by Abū ‘Abd Allāh.”

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“Thus, Ishāq ibn Mansūr reported that Abū ‘Abd Allāh said, ‘If neither parent is with him, he is a Muslim.’

I asked, ‘They are not compelled to embrace Islam if both parents, or one of them, are with them?’

He replied, ‘Yes.’”

Al-Khallāl said:

“Many people reported Abū ‘Abd Allāh’s answer to this question, all of them saying, ‘If he is with one of his parents, he is a Muslim.’ These men heard from Abū ‘Abd Allāh after his imprisonment, while some heard from him both before and after it. The position I adopt is what this group reported.”

Al-Khallāl also said:

“Abū Bakr al-Marwazī narrated to us: I said to Abū ‘Abd Allāh, ‘I was in Wāsit, and they asked me about a man who dies along with his wife, leaving two young children who have a paternal uncle. What do you say concerning them? They have written to Basra about this, and they said: