Abū al-Ḥusayn Ṣāliḥ ibn Aḥmad ibn Abī Muqātil

Abū al-Ḥusayn Ṣāliḥ ibn Aḥmad ibn Abī Muqātil related to us: Muḥammad ibn Shawkar related to us: al-Qāsim ibn al-Ḥakam related to us: Abū Janāb related to me: I saw Manṣūr ibn al-Muʿtamir and Abū Ḥanīfa—may God have mercy on them both—enter the mosque. They stood for a long time, speaking privately and weeping. Then they left the mosque. I said to Abū Ḥanīfa, ‘Why did you both weep so much?’ He said, ‘We recalled how the times have changed and how the people of falsehood have gained the upper hand over the people of truth, and that made us weep so much.’

Abū al-Ḥusayn Ṣāliḥ ibn Aḥmad ibn Abī Muqātil related to us: Muḥammad ibn Shawkar related to us: al-Qāsim ibn al-Ḥakam related to us: Abū Janāb related to me: I saw ʿĀṣim ibn Abī al-Najūd ask Abū Ḥanīfa—may God have mercy on him—for a legal opinion. He gave him one, and I saw him brighten at it. He said, ‘May God have mercy on you, Abū Ḥanīfa, and reward you well. What an excellent reliever of difficulty you are!’