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303—Ali informed us; Abd al-Rahman informed us; he said: Ahmad ibn Asram al-Ma‘qili related to us; he said: Abu Thawr ⦗166⦘ said: I heard al-Shafi‘i say: “No one who has plunged into speculative theology has ever prospered.”
٣٠٣ - أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيٌّ , أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ , قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَصْرَمَ الْمَعْقِلِيُّ , قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو ثَوْرٍ ⦗١٦٦⦘: سَمِعْتُ الشَّافِعِيَّ يَقُولُ: «مَا تَرَدَّى أَحَدٌ بِالْكَلَامِ فَأَفْلَحَ»