1015 - Abu Bakr al-Marwudhi and Abu Dawud al-Sijistani informed us that they both heard Abu Abd Allah [Imam Ahmad] say: Yahya ibn Sa'id considered the increase and decrease [of faith] to be sound, and viewed it as such.
١٠١٥ - أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْمَرُّوذِيُّ، وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ السِّجِسْتَانِيُّ، أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، يَقُولُ: حَسَّنَ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الزِّيَادَةَ وَالنُّقْصَانَ وَرَآهُ