1779 - Ahmad ibn Asram al-Muzani informed me, saying: Ahmad ibn Hazim told me that he heard Abu Abd Allah [Ahmad ibn Hanbal] say; and Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Saffar informed me, saying: I heard al-Hasan ibn al-Bazzar say: Abu Abd Allah said; and Muhammad ibn Ali informed me, saying: Salih ibn Ahmad related to us, saying: I heard my father—and the meaning is the same—say: "The Jahmiyyah split into three sects: a sect who said: 'The Qur'an is created,' a sect who said: 'It is the Speech of Allah, and we remain silent,' and a sect who said: 'Our pronunciations are created.'" Salih ibn Ahmad added from his father, who said: "And Allah said in His Book: {Then grant him protection so that he may hear the Speech of Allah} [Al-Tawbah: 6]. Thus, Gabriel heard it from Allah, the Mighty and Majestic; the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) heard it from Gabriel (peace be upon him); and the Companions of the Prophet heard it from the Prophet. Therefore, the Qur'an is the Speech of Allah, not created."
١٧٧٩ - أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَصْرَمَ الْمُزَنِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الصَّفَّارُ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ الْبَزَّارِ، قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ. وَأَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: ثنا صَالِحُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبِي، وَالْمَعْنَى وَاحِدٌ، يَقُولُ: " افْتَرَقَتِ الْجَهْمِيَّةُ عَلَى ثَلَاثِ فِرَقٍ، فِرْقَةٌ قَالُوا: الْقُرْآنُ مَخْلُوقٌ، وَفِرْقَةٌ قَالُوا: كَلَامُ اللَّهِ وَنَسْكُتُ، وَفِرْقَةٌ قَالُوا: أَلْفَاظُنَا مَخْلُوقَةٌ ". زَادَ صَالِحُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: " وَقَالَ اللَّهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ: {فَأَجِرْهُ حَتَّى يَسْمَعَ كَلَامَ اللَّهِ} [التوبة: ٦] ، فَجِبْرِيلُ سَمِعَهُ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَسَمِعَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ جِبْرِيلَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَسَمِعَهُ أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ، فَالْقُرْآنُ كَلَامُ اللَّهِ، غَيْرُ مَخْلُوقٍ "
