Among the scholars of Kufa was Waki‘ ibn al-Jarrah, as related from him by Yahya ibn Yahya al-Naysaburi: “Whoever doubts that the Quran is the speech of Allah—that is, uncreated—is a disbeliever.”
535 — It is reported from Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and his brother ‘Uthman; al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali ibn al-Aswad; Abu Hisham al-Rifa‘i; Abu Sa‘id al-Ashajj; Ishaq ibn Musa al-Khatmi; Muhammad ibn Khalaf al-Taymi; and Harun ibn Ishaq al-Hamadhani that they said: “They are disbelievers, and worse than the Jahmis.” It is also reported from Muhammad ibn Muqatil al-‘Abbadani; al-‘Abbas ibn al-Walid al-Narsi; Muhammad ibn Abi Safwan al-Thaqafi; ‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azim al-‘Anbari; Muhammad ibn Bashshar; Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna; ‘Amr ibn ‘Ali; Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Abi Hazm al-Quta‘i; Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Nahwi; al-Qasim ibn Umayyah al-Hadhdha’; al-Hasan ibn Shadhan al-Wasiti; Mas‘ud ibn Misbah al-Wasiti; Muhammad ibn Harb al-Nasa’i; Muhammad ibn Hatim al-Jarjara’i, known as Hubayy; and Ahmad ibn Sinan al-Wasiti.