Hafs Al Fard

Hafs al-Fard, whose kunya was Abu Amr, from Merv. Ibn al-Nadim counts him in the "Fihrist" among the Jabriyya, and says that at the start of his life he was a Mu'tazilite, and then he held the view that God creates acts. ².

Ibn al-Nadim reports that he came to Basra, heard of Abu al-Hudhayl, met him and debated with him, and Abu al-Hudhayl defeated him. ².

Ibn al-Nadim attributes to him books including: "Capacity" (al-Istita'a), "Monotheism" (al-Tawhid), "Refutation of the Christians", "Refutation of the Mu'tazila", and "Chapters on the Created". ².