1726 - Ahmad ibn Bahr al-Saffar al-Mukharrimi informed me, saying: Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Tirmidhi related to us, saying: I heard Ahmad ibn Hanbal say: "Al-Mirrisi was a man of oratorical speeches, not a man of proofs." At that time, he [al-Mirrisi] was still alive.
١٧٢٦ - أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ بَحْرٍ الصَّفَّارُ الْمُخَرِّمِيُّ، قَالَ: ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ التِّرْمِذِيُّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَحْمَدَ بْنَ حَنْبَلٍ، يَقُولُ: «كَانَ الْمِرِّيسِيُّ صَاحِبَ خُطَبٍ، وَلَيْسَ صَاحِبَ حِجَجٍ» ، وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ حَيٌّ
