214 - 'Ali ibn 'Isa ibn al-Walid reported to me that Hanbal narrated to them, saying: I said to Abu 'Abd Allah [Ahmad ibn Hanbal]: Rabah passed by Abu 'Afif and a discussion took place between them. Rabah said to Abu 'Afif: "You bear false witness five times every day and night." Abu 'Afif replied to him, regarding that as a grave matter: "Woe to you, how so?" He said: "You testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, [implying] that he is merely a messenger [and nothing more]." Abu 'Abd Allah [Ahmad] then said: "May Allah fight him! He has rejected Allah's command and His word, and he has disbelieved in the Quran and denied it. This is clear disbelief in Allah, a rejection of Allah the Almighty and Majestic, and a calling of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, a liar." Then Abu 'Abd Allah said: "I have known of sayings held by these people, but I did not think that anyone would hold them or use them as an argument." He spoke words and used them as an argument, which I have not recorded here."
٢١٤ - وَأَخْبَرَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ، أَنَّ حَنْبَلًا حَدَّثَهُمْ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: إِنَّ رَبَاحًا مَرَّ بِأَبِي عَفِيفٍ فَجَرَى بَيْنَهُمَا كَلَامٌ، فَقَالَ ⦗١٩٧⦘ رَبَاحٌ لِأَبِي عَفِيفٍ: أَنْتَ تَشْهَدُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ زُورًا، فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَفِيفٍ وَاسْتَعْظَمَ ذَلِكَ: كَيْفَ وَيْحَكَ؟ قَالَ: تَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، إِنَّمَا هُوَ رَسُولٌ، فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: " قَاتَلَهُ اللَّهُ، إِنَّهُ رَدَّ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَمْرَهُ وَقَوْلَهُ، وَكَفَرَ بِالْقُرْآنِ وَجَحَدَ، قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: هَذَا الْكُفْرُ بِاللَّهِ صُرَاحًا، وَالرَّدُ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَتَكْذِيبُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: قَدْ عَرَفْتُ لِلْقَوْمِ مَقَالَاتٍ مَا ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ أَحَدًا يَقُولُ بِهَا، وَلَا يَحْتَجَّ بِهَا "، وَتَكَلَّمَ بِكَلَامٍ وَاحْتَجَّ بِهِ، لَمْ أُخَرِّجْهُ هَا هُنَا
