1583 — Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Bakr informed us. He said: Al-Hasan ibn Uthman informed us. He said: Ya‘qub ibn Sufyan narrated to us. He said: Abu Bakr al-Humaydi narrated to us. H

1584 — Muhammad ibn Ahmad informed us. Uthman ibn Ahmad informed us. He said: Hanbal narrated to us. He said: Al-Humaydi narrated to us. He said: Yahya ibn Sulaym narrated to us. He said:

“I asked ten jurists about faith, and they said, ‘It is speech and action.’ I asked Sufyan al-Thawri, and he said, ‘It is speech and action.’ I asked Ibn Jurayj, and he said, ‘It is speech and action.’ I asked Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn Uthman, and he said, ‘It is speech and action.’ I asked al-Muthanna ibn al-Sabbah, and he said, ‘It is speech and action.’ I asked Nafi‘ ibn Umar ibn Jamil, and he said, ‘It is speech and action.’ I asked Muhammad ibn Muslim al-Ta’ifi, and he said, ‘It is speech and action.’ I asked Malik ibn Anas, and he said, ‘It is speech and action.’ I asked Sufyan ibn Uyaynah, and he said, ‘It is speech and action.’”