أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ عُمَرُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ , قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا…

أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ عُمَرُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ , قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْمَرُّوذِيُّ , قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلَّادٍ الْبَاهِلِيُّ , قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانَ , يَقُولُ لَمَّا قَدِمَ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ الْبَصْرَةَ: جَعَلَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى أَمْرِ الرَّبِيعِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ صُبَيْحٍ, وَقَدْرَهُ عِنْدَ النَّاسِ, سَأَلَ: أَيُّ شَيْءٍ مَذْهَبُهُ؟ قَالُوا: مَا مَذْهَبُهُ إِلَّا السُّنَّةُ. قَالَ: مَنْ بِطَانَتُهُ؟ قَالُوا: أَهْلُ الْقَدَرِ قَالَ: هُوَ قَدَرِيٌّ

[Ibn Battah with his chain of narration] to Yahyā Ibn Saʽīd Al-Qattān (d. 198H) who said: “When Sufyān Ath-Thawrī (d. 161H) entered Basrah he started to look into the affair of Ar-Rabī’ Ibn Subayh and his station with people. So he asked: “What is his creed?”

They replied: “His creed is not except the Sunnah.”

So he asked: “Who are his associates?”

They said: “The people who deny the Pre-Decree (Ahlul-Qadr).”

He said: “Then he is a Qadarī.”