Tabari did not give Ibn Hanbal's dissenting opinion any weight at all when considering the various views of jurists, stating that Ibn Hanbal had not even been a jurist at all but merely a recorder of Hadith.
Tabari gav ikke Ibn Hanbals ideaer nogen vægt overhovedet, når man overvejer de forskellige synspunkter jurister, om, at Ibn Hanbal ikke engang havde været en jurist på alle, men blot en optager af Hadith.