1060 - Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Ibrahim informed me that his father narrated to him, saying: Ahmad ibn al-Qasim narrated to me that he said: And Zakariyya ibn al-Faraj informed me, from Ahmad ibn al-Qasim, that he said to Abu Abd Allah, reporting from al-Awza'i that he said: 'The exception (al-istithna') and the omission of the exception are the same, as God—Mighty and Majestic is He—said: "You will surely enter the Sacred Mosque, if God wills, in safety" [Al-Fath: 27], so this is not based on doubt.' I did not see him find the omission of the exception pleasing, and I saw that the exception was more frequent in his view.
١٠٦٠ - أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ حَدَّثَهُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: وَأَخْبَرَنِي زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ الْفَرَجِ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَرْوِي عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: " الِاسْتِثْنَاءُ وَتَرْكُ الِاسْتِثْنَاءِ سَوَاءٌ، كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {لَتَدْخُلُنَّ الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ آمِنِينَ} [الفتح: ٢٧] ، فَهَذَا لَيْسَ عَلَى شَكٍّ. فَلَمْ أُرَاهُ يُعْجِبُهُ تَرْكُ الِاسْتِثْنَاءِ، وَرَأَيْتُهُ أَكْثَرَ عِنْدَهُ "
