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309—Musab said: “It reached me that Malik ibn Anas used to say: ‘I dislike all theological disputation concerning religion.’ The people of our town have always disliked it: discussion of divine decree, Jahm’s views, and anything similar. I do not approve of discussion except where it has a practical consequence. As for discussion about Allah, one should remain silent concerning it, for I saw the people of our town forbidding theological disputation in matters of religion, except where it has a practical consequence.”
٣٠٩ - قَالَ مُصْعَبٌ: وَبَلَغَنِي عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ: «الْكَلَامُ فِي الدِّينِ كُلُّهُ أَكْرَهُهُ» وَلَمْ يَزَلْ أَهْلُ بَلَدِنَا يَكْرَهُونَهُ؛ الْقَدَرُ وَرَأْيُ جَهْمٍ , وَكُلُّ مَا أَشْبَهَ , وَلَا أُحِبُّ الْكَلَامَ إِلَّا فِيمَا كَانَ تَحْتَهُ عَمَلٌ , فَأَمَّا الْكَلَامُ فِي اللَّهِ فَالسُّكُوتُ عَنْهُ؛ لِأَنِّي رَأَيْتُ أَهْلَ بَلَدِنَا يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْكَلَامِ فِي الدِّينِ إِلَّا مَا كَانَ تَحْتَهُ عَملٌ "