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- Al-Hasan ibn Uthman and Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Sahl informed us. They said: Muhammad ibn al-Hasan informed us; Ja‘far ibn Muhammad narrated to us, saying: I heard Qutaybah say:
“If you see a man who loves the hadith scholars—such as Yahya ibn Sa‘id, Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hanbal, and Ishaq ibn Rahawayh”—and he mentioned some others—“then he is upon the sunnah. Whoever opposes these men, know that he is an innovator.”
٥٩ - أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ , وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ سَهْلٍ , قَالَا: أنبا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ , ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ , قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ قُتَيْبَةَ يَقُولُ: «إِذَا رَأَيْتَ الرَّجُلَ يُحِبُّ أَهْلَ الْحَدِيثِ مِثْلَ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ , وَعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَهْدِيٍّ , وَأَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ , وَإِسْحَاقَ بْنِ رَاهَوَيْهِ - وَذَكَرَ قَوْمًا آخَرِينَ - فَإِنَّهُ عَلَى السُّنَّةِ , وَمَنْ خَالَفَ هَؤُلَاءِ فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ مُبْتَدِعٌ»