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1363 — Muhammad ibn Rizq Allah informed us. Ahmad ibn Hamdan informed us. Idris ibn ‘Abd al-Karim informed us:
A man from the people of Khurasan sent a letter asking Abu Thawr, and he replied:
“You have asked—may Allah have mercy on you—about one who says: ‘Acts of disobedience were not decreed.’ Is he a flagrant sinner behind whom prayer may be performed? Such a person is a flagrant sinner, as the people of knowledge deem him to be; prayer is not to be performed behind him. He falls under the ruling of the Qadariyyah. Likewise, whoever says, ‘All things are by decree except acts of disobedience,’ prayer is not to be performed behind him.”
١٣٦٣ - أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رِزْقِ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَمْدَانَ، أَخْبَرَنَا إِدْرِيسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ، أَرْسَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ خُرَاسَانَ بِكِتَابٍ يَسْأَلُ أَبَا ثَوْرٍ فَأَجَابَ: " سَأَلْتُمْ رَحِمَكُمُ اللَّهُ عَنْ مَنْ قَالَ: إِنَّ الْمَعَاصِيَ لَمْ تُقَدَّرْ، هَلْ هُوَ فَاسِقٌ يُصَلَّى خَلْفَهُ؟ فَهَذَا فَاسِقٌ بِتَفْسِيقِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ لَا يُصَلَّى خَلْفَهُ، وَهُوَ دَاخِلٌ فِي حُكْمِ أَهْلِ الْقَدَرِ، وَمَنْ قَالَ: الْأَشْيَاءُ كُلُّهَا بِقَدَرٍ إِلَّا الْمَعَاصِيَ فَلَا يُصَلَّى خَلْفَهُ "