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.
Read More..Ibn Umar said: When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم was alive, we used to say: The most excellent member of the community of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم after himself is Abu Bakr, then Umar, then Uthman.
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