1766 - Yusuf ibn al-Dahhak al-Mukharrimi, the jurist, informed us, saying: I heard Sulayman ibn Harb saying: It reached me that Sha'bawayh the judge sent to Yahya ibn Aktham: "Why do you oppose us?" Yahya sent back to him: "O Shu'ayb, we do not comprehend much of what you say. We see you as weak among us, and were it not for your kinsmen, we would have stoned you, and you are not dear to us." Sulayman said: "How excellent was what Yahya wrote to him! And even if he did not write it, and even if it was not written, how excellent is what the one who said it has said!"
١٧٦٦ - أَخْبَرَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ الضَّحَّاكِ الْمُخَرِّمِيُّ الْفَقِيهُ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ حَرْبٍ، يَقُولُ: بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ شَعْبَوَيْهِ الْقَاضِي بَعَثَ إِلَى يَحْيَى بْنِ أَكْثَمَ: لِمَ تُخَالِفُنَا؟: فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ يَحْيَى: يَا شُعَيْبُ، مَا نَفْقَهُ كَثِيرًا مِمَّا تَقُولُ، وَإِنَّا لَنَرَاكَ فِينَا ضَعِيفًا، وَلَوْلَا رَهْطُكَ لَرَجَمْنَاكَ وَمَا أَنْتَ عَلَيْنَا بِعَزِيزٍ. فَقَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ: مَا أَحْسَنَ مَا كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ يَحْيَى، وَإِنْ كَانَ كَتَبَ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ كَتَبَ، فَمَا أَحْسَنَ مَا قَالَ ⦗١٢٠⦘ مَنْ قَالَ
