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Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muslim informed us; he said: Ahmad ibn al-Hasan narrated to us; he said: Abu al-Layth—meaning Yazid ibn Jahwar—narrated to us; he said: I heard Abu Khaythamah—meaning Mus‘ab ibn Sa‘id al-Massisi—say: I heard Ibn al-Mubarak and Musa ibn A‘yan saying, “Whoever says, ‘The Quran is created,’ is a disbeliever, more unbelieving than Hurmuz.”
Abu Khaythamah said: “Whoever claims that the Quran, the Speech of Allah, is created ⦗283⦘ is a disbeliever; and whoever doubts his disbelief is a disbeliever.”
أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو اللَّيْثِ يَعْنِي يَزِيدَ بْنَ جَهْوَرٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا خَيْثَمَةَ , يَعْنِي مُصْعَبَ بْنَ سَعِيدٍ الْمِصِّيصِيَّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ وَمُوسَى بْنَ أَعْيَنَ , يَقُولَانِ: مَنْ قَالَ: الْقُرْآنُ مَخْلُوقٌ؛ فَهُوَ كَافِرٌ أَكْفَرُ مِنْ هُرْمُزَ وَقَالَ أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ: مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ الْقُرْآنَ كَلَامَ اللَّهِ مَخْلُوقٌ ⦗٢٨٣⦘ فَهُوَ كَافِرٌ , وَمَنْ شَكَّ فِي كُفْرِهِ فَهُوَ كَافِرٌ.