1838 – Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar al-Naḥwī, by written authorization, narrated to us; he said: Abū Saʿīd al-Aḥmasī narrated to us; he said: al-Ḥusayn ibn Ḥumayd narrated to us; he said: ʿImrān ibn Muḥammad al-Harawī narrated to us; he said: Hudbah ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb narrated to us; he said: I heard Sulaymān ibn Ḥarb say:
“Abū Ḥanīfah once passed by a drunken man who called out to him, ‘O Abū Ḥanīfah, you Murjiʾ!’
Abū Ḥanīfah replied, ‘You have spoken the truth. The blame is mine—for I was the one who came and described you as a believer possessing complete faith.’”