Hadith 342

(The book) ‘Al Manaqib’ of Ibn Shehr Ashub – Abdul Rahman Bin Salim, from his father who said, ‘When Abu Abdullah-asws arrive to Abu Ja’far (Al-Mansour), Abu Haneefa said to a number of his companions, ‘Let us go to the Imam-asws of the rejectors (Rafizites) to ask him-asws about things, we can confuse him-asws in these’. So they went. When they entered to see him-asws, Abu Abdullah-asws looked at him and said, ‘I-asws ask you by Allah-azwj, O No’man, to ratify me-asws about something I-asws am asking you about! Did you say to your companions, ‘Come with us to the Imam-asws of the rejectors (Rafizites), so we can confuse him-asws? ’ He said, ‘That has happened’. He-asws said: ‘Ask whatever you so desire to! ’ – the story’’. [193]
Abu Al Abbas Al Baqbaaq said, ‘Ibn Abu Yafour and Al-Moalla Bin Khuneys debated. Ibn Abu Yafour said, ‘The successors-asws are scholars, pious, righteous’. And Ibn Khuneys said, ‘The successors-asws are Prophets-as’. He (the narrator) said, ‘They entered to see Abu Abdullah-asws. When they were settled in their seats, he-asws said: ‘I-asws disavow from the one who says we-asws are Prophets-as’’. [194]