98 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; he said: Muhammad narrated to me; Marwān b. Muʿāwiyah narrated to us, from Zāʾidah b. Qudāmah, who said:

“I asked Mansūr b. al-Muʿtamir, ‘When I am fasting, may I speak ill of the ruler?’ He replied, ‘No.’ I said, ‘Then may I speak ill of the followers of heretical innovation?’ He replied, ‘Yes.’”