Hammad said: I heard Ayyub say: Two kinds of people have lied to al-Hasan: people who believed in free will and they intended that they publicise their belief by it; and people who had enmity with and hostility (for al-Hasan), saying: Did he not say so and so? Did he not say so and so?
Read More..Yahya bin Kathir al-Anbari said: Qurrah bin Khalid used to tell us: O young people! Do not think that al-Hasan denied predestination, for his opinion (i. e., belief) was sunnah and sight.
Read More..Ibn Awn said: If we learnt that the remark of al-Hasan would reach the extent that it has reached, we would write a book for his withdrawal and call witnesses to him; but we said: This is a remark that surprisingly came out (from him) and it will not be transmitted to others.
Read More..Uthman al-Batti said: Al-Hasan never interpreted any Quranic verse but to establish (Divine decree).
Read More..Ibn Umar said: We used to say in the times of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم: We do not compare anyone with Abu Bakr. Umar came next and then Uthman. We then would leave (rest of) the companions of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم without treating any as superior to other.
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