466—Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Asadi informed us, saying: Muhammad ibn ⦗296⦘ Bundar and Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Bishr narrated to us, saying: Abu Nu'aym al-Istarabadi narrated to us, saying: It was said to al-Rabi': “I heard al-Buwayti say, ‘Whoever says that the Quran is created is a disbeliever.’” He—that is, al-Rabi'—was asked, “Do you affirm this?” He replied, “Yes, I affirm it and hold it as my religion before Allah.”

467—Al-Husayn informed us, saying: Ibrahim ibn Ahmad narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Adam narrated to us, saying: Al-Rabi' said to us: “I say: The Quran is the uncreated speech of Allah. Whoever says that the Quran is created is a disbeliever.”