وَأَمَّا الِاخْتِيَارُ فَفِيهِ خِلَافُ الْبَصْرِيِّينَ، فَإِنَّهُمْ يَخْتَارُونَ إِعْمَالَ الْفِعْلِ الثَّانِي اعْتِبَارًا لِلْقُرْبِ وَالْجِوَارِ، وَالْكُوفِيُّونَ يَخْتَارُونَ إِعْمَالَ الْفِعْلِ الْأَوَّلِ مُرَاعَاةً لِلتَّقَدُّمِ وَالِاسْتِحْقَاقِ.
Translation: As to preference, the Basrans prefer the second verb on account of proximity; the Kufans prefer the first because it precedes and has the earlier claim.
Permissibility and preference are distinct questions. The text also reports al-Farrāʾ’s more restrictive view of patterns 1 and 3.