1767 - Zakariyya ibn al-Faraj informed me, on the authority of Ahmad ibn al-Qasim, that he said to Abu ‘Abd Allah al-Shafi‘i: "Did he speak to you?"—meaning, in the presence of al-Mu‘tasim. He replied: "May Allah disgrace him; I do not consider him to be upon Islam." He was mentioned in his presence in the most unsightly manner, and he [al-Shafi‘i] also described him in a similar way.
١٧٦٧ - أَخْبَرَنِي زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ الْفَرَجِ، عَنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الشَّافِعِيِّ: كَلَّمَكَ، يَعْنِي: بِحَضْرَةِ الْمُعْتَصِمِ؟ فَقَالَ: «أَخْزَى اللَّهُ ذَاكَ، مَا أُرَاهُ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ» ، فَذُكِرَ عِنْدَهُ بِأَقْبَحِ الذِّكْرِ، وَذَكَرَهُ هُوَ أَيْضًا بِنَحْوِ ذَلِكَ
