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298—Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Umar informed us. Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Hatim informed us. He said: Al-Rabi ibn Sulayman narrated to us. He said: I was present with al-Shafi'i.
299—Ubayd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad also informed us. He said: Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Isa informed us. He said: I heard Abu Nu'aym Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad al-Jurjani say: I heard al-Rabi say ⦗165⦘: I heard al-Shafi'i say, during a debate with a man from Iraq who drifted into some speculative theology: “This is speculative theology; leave it alone.”
٢٩٨ - أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ , أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي حَاتِمٍ , قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ , قَالَ: حَضَرْتُ الشَّافِعِيَّ ح.
٢٩٩ - وَأَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ , قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عِيسَى , قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا نُعَيْمٍ عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجُرْجَانِيَّ يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ الرَّبِيعَ يَقُولُ ⦗١٦٥⦘: سَمِعْتُ الشَّافِعِيَّ يَقُولُ وَنَاظَرَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ , فَخَرَجَ إِلَى شَيْءٍ مِنَ الْكَلَامِ , فَقَالَ: «هَذَا مِنَ الْكَلَامِ , دَعْهُ»