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301—Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Umar informed us; Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Hatim informed us; he said: Yunus ibn Abd al-A‘la related to us that al-Shafi‘i said to me: “Do you know, Abu Musa, that I have encountered among the adherents of speculative theology something I never thought a Muslim would say?”
٣٠١ - أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ , أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي حَاتِمٍ , قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى , قَالَ: قَالَ لِي الشَّافِعِيُّ: «تَعْلَمُ يَا أَبَا مُوسَى لَقَدِ اطَّلَعْتُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الْكَلَامِ عَلَى شَيْءٍ مَا ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ مُسْلِمًا يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ»