Al-Qasim ibn Ja‘far informed us. He said: Al-Hasan ibn Yahya narrated to us. He said: Al-Hasan ibn ‘Arafah narrated to us. He said: ‘Ali ibn Thabit narrated to us, from Isma‘il ibn Abi Ishaq, from al-Walid ibn Ziyad, from Mujahid, who said: “They begin by becoming Murji’ites; then they become Qadarites; then they turn into Magians.”