Sahl ibn Muzāḥim

Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Sulaymān and ʿAmr ibn ʿĀṣim, both of Marw, and others related to us. They said: We heard Abū ʿIṣma Saʿd ibn Muʿādh say: I heard Abū Wahb say: I said to my brother Sahl ibn Muzāḥim: ‘Is Sufyān more learned in jurisprudence, or Abū Ḥanīfa?’ He said: ‘Abū Ḥanīfa.’ I said: ‘Is Sufyān more learned, or Abū Yūsuf?’ He said: ‘Abū Yūsuf.’ I said: ‘Is Sufyān more learned, or Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan?’ He said: ‘Leave this; it has become unseemly.’ Abū ʿĀṣim said: I asked Abū ʿIṣma: ‘Which was more learned in jurisprudence?’ He said: ‘Sufyān was more knowledgeable in hadith, while books and jurisprudence emerged from Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan that did not emerge from Sufyān.’