859 - Ahmad ibn Muhammad Abu Hamid al-Warraq al-Tarsusi informed me, saying: Muhammad ibn Hatim ibn Nu'aym al-Marwazi narrated to us, saying: Ali ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: I heard Ahmad say: The first person to speak about al-Qadar (Divine Decree) in Basra was Ma'bad al-Juhani, and they asked a man from the Asawirah (Persian cavalry soldiers).
