Abu Thawr,
Al-Karrabisi,
Dawud al-Zahiri, and their followers adhered to
Ibn kullab, and they held that the Qur’an, as it is the speech of God and one of His attributes, should not be considered created. They argued that reciting or speaking the Qur’an does not constitute a creation; rather, it is a narration of God’s speech and not the Qur’an itself. In jurisprudence, Abu Thawr followed the
Hanafi school. When Al-Shafi‘i arrived in Baghdad, he followed him, studied his books, and disseminated his knowledge. He was counted among the ranks of
Al-Shafi‘i’s companions, but he reached the level of independent ijtihad, thus establishing his own jurisprudential school. ==Notes==