302—Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Umar informed us; Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Hatim informed us; he said: Al-Hasan ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Jarawi related to us:

“Al-Shafi‘i would sternly forbid engaging in speculative theology concerning sectarian innovations. He would say: ‘When one of them is contradicted by his companion, he says, “You have disbelieved,” whereas in matters of knowledge, one should only say, “You have erred.”’