مقاتل بن إبراهيم الفلاس

Ismāʿīl ibn Bishr related to us. He said: Muqātil ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fallās related to us. He said: I heard Abū Muʿādh Khālid ibn Sulaymān say: I was with Khārija ibn Muṣʿab when scholars and ascetics were mentioned. Khārija was asked: “Which would you prefer: to meet God Most High with Abū Ḥanīfa’s jurisprudence, or with ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī Rawwād’s worship, may God have mercy on them?” He answered: “With sound intention and integrity, I would prefer to meet God with Abū Ḥanīfa’s jurisprudence.” Then Khārija said: “Abū Ḥanīfa is a test for the people of this world: through him, truth is distinguished from falsehood and soundness from infirmity.”