495 — Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Hatim mentioned it. He said: My father related to us; he said: Maymun ibn Yahya al-Bakri related to us; he said: Malik ibn Anas said: “Whoever says that the Quran is created is to be asked to repent. If he repents, [he is spared]; otherwise, he is to be beheaded.”

496 — Abd al-Rahman also mentioned it. He said: Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Baghdadi related to us; he said: Yaqub ibn Dinar related to us, from Abd Allah ibn Nafi al-Sa’igh, who said: I said to Malik ibn Anas, “There are people in Iraq who say that the Quran is created.” He pulled his hand away from mine and did not speak to me at noon, in the afternoon, or at sunset. Then, when the later night prayer came, he said to me ⦗347⦘: “O Abd Allah ibn Nafi, where did you get this statement? You have cast into my heart something that is unbelief. The one who makes this statement is to be killed and is not to be asked to repent.”