أبا عصمة

Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī related to us. He said: I heard Abū ʿIṣma say: I heard Ibrāhīm ibn Rustam say: Abū Ḥanīfa was asked about Khārija. They said: “He is in Khurasan, relating to the people.” He replied: “He sat with us, and we removed a great deal of his madness, though some remained.”

جنته is read as “his madness”; the source’s jest is retained.