497 — Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Yusuf informed us. He said: Ahmad ibn al-Hasan related to us. He said: Abd Allah ibn Ahmad related to us. He said: Abu al-Hasan ibn al-Attar, Muhammad ibn Muhammad, related to me. He said: I heard Shurayh ibn al-Numan say: I asked Abd Allah ibn Nafi and said to him, “In our region there are those who say, ‘The Quran is created.’” He considered this grave, and remained distressed and sorrowful, repeating, “To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return.” Abd Allah ibn Nafi said: Malik ibn Anas said: “Whoever says that the Quran is created is to be detained until his repentance becomes evident.”

498 — Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Hatim mentioned it. He said: My father related to us; he said: al-Hasan ibn al-Sabbah related to us; he said: Shurayh related to us, from Abd Allah ibn Nafi, with the same wording.

499 — It was also narrated from Muhammad ibn Abi Attab and Salih ibn Ahmad, from his father, from Shurayh, from Abd Allah, with the same wording.

500 — Abd al-Rahman also mentioned it. My father related to us; he said: al-Hasan ibn Bayan related to us. He said: I heard Abd Allah ibn Nafi al-Sa’igh speaking in the year ninety, but I did not retain it. Then I heard Shurayh ibn al-Numan say: I heard Abd Allah ibn Nafi al-Sa’igh say—and he related the account until Malik said: “Woe to you, O Abd Allah! Who asked you about this matter?” I said, “Two men whom I do not know.” He said: “Find them and bring them to me—both of them or one of them—so that I may ride to the governor ⦗348⦘ and order him to kill them, imprison them, or exile them.”