ولم يكن (أي: بقي بن مخلد، رحمه الله) بالمالكي، ولا الحنبلي، ولا الظاهري الصرف، ولكنه قال بترك التمذهب، والعمل بالنصوص
And he (Baqi Bin Makhlad, rahimahu Allah) was neither a Maliki, nor a Hanbali, nor was he a pure Dhahiri; however he called for the abandoning of Madhhabism, and called towards acting on the Texts.
—Dr. Ahmad Bukair Mahmud, hafithahu Allah, or rahimahu Allah in any case, Al-Madrasat Al-Dhahiriyyah Bil Mashriq Wal-Maghrib, p. 32, publ. Dar Qutaibah