Muḥammad ibn Jābir

Ibrāhīm ibn Manṣūr related to us. He said: I heard Abū ʿIṣma Saʿd ibn Muʿādh say: I heard Abū Sulaymān say: I heard Muḥammad ibn Jābir say: We used to sit with Ḥammād ibn Abī Sulaymān while Abū Ḥanīfa discussed questions with him. When he disagreed with him, he pressed him in argument. Sometimes Ḥammād said: ‘What can I do? This is Ibrāhīm’s view.’ Sometimes he said: ‘What can I do? It is a view Ibrāhīm reported to me from so-and-so, one of his companions.’ Sometimes he said: ‘It is ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd’s view, may God be pleased with him; Ibrāhīm informed me of it.’ We would then make it a report and memorize it.