الفتح بن حسين

Abū Zayd ʿImrān ibn Firīnām related to us. He said: al-Fatḥ ibn Ḥusayn related to us. He said: I heard al-Qāsim ibn Isḥāq say: I heard Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ashʿath say: When a legal question arose in Mecca and al-Fuḍayl was asked about it, he directed people to Abū Zayd, saying: “Go and ask Abū Zayd.” One day I said to him: “May God have mercy on you! When a question concerning religion arises for you, you say: ‘Go and ask Abū Zayd.’” He said: “My son”—or “Bukhārī”—“these are people who have investigated this matter and pursued it. This matter cannot be set right without them.”