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286—Ali also informed us; al-Hasan informed us; he said: Ya‘qub narrated to us; he said: Muhammad ibn Rafi‘ al-Naysaburi narrated to us; he said: Sa‘id ibn ‘Amir narrated to us; he said: Sallam ibn Abi Muti‘ narrated to us; he said: A man said to Ayyub, “Abu Bakr, ‘Amr ibn ‘Ubayd has renounced his view.” He replied, “He has not renounced it.” The man said, “Indeed he has, Abu Bakr; he has renounced it.” Ayyub replied three times, “He has not renounced it. Indeed, he has not renounced it. Have you not heard his saying: ‘They will depart from the religion as an arrow passes through the game, then they will not return to it until the arrow returns to its nock?’”
٢٨٦ - وَأَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيٌّ , أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ , قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ , قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ , قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ , قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سَلَّامُ بْنُ أَبِي مُطِيعٍ , قَالَ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِأَيُّوبَ: «يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ إِنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ عُبَيْدٍ قَدْ رَجَعَ عَنْ رَأْيِهِ» . قَالَ: «إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَرْجِعْ» . قَالَ: «بَلَى يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ , إِنَّهُ قَدْ رَجَعَ» . قَالَ أَيُّوبُ: «إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَرْجِعْ» , ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ , «أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَرْجِعْ» , أَمَا سَمِعْتَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: «يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ , ثُمَّ لَا يَعُودُونَ فِيهِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ السَّهْمُ إِلَى فُوقِهِ»