Muhammad bin Abd Allah bin Quhz?dh from the people of Marw narrated to us, he said I heard Abd?n bin Uthm?n saying, I heard Abd Allah bin al-Mub?rak saying: ?The chain of narration is from the D?n, and were it not for the chain of narration whoever wished could say what he wanted?. Muhammad bin Abd Allah said, al-Abb?s bin Ab? Rizmah narrated to me, he said I heard Abd Allah [bin al-Mub?rak] saying: ?Between us and the people are ?the legs? (meaning the chain of narration, i.e. if a ?ad?th was like a creature)?. Muhammad said, I heard Ab? Ish?q Ibr?h?m bin ?s? at-T?lq?n? say, I said to Abd Allah bin al-Mub?rak: ?Oh Ab? Abd ir-Rahman! How is the ?ad?th which goes ?Indeed from al-Birr after al-Birr is that you pray for your parents after you pray for yourself and you fast for them both after you fast for yourself?? So [Ibn al-Mub?rak] said: ?Oh Ab? Ish?q! On whose authority is this?? I said to him: ?This is a ?ad?th from Shih?b bin Khir?sh?. [Ibn al-Mub?rak] said: ?[He is] trustworthy. On whose authority [did he transmit]?? I said: ?on authority of al-Hajj?j bin D?n?r?. [Ibn al-Mub?rak] said: ?[He is] trustworthy. On whose authority [did he transmit]?? I said: ?He [al-Hajj?j said] the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah upon him, said?? [Ibn al-Mub?rak] said: ?Oh Ab? Ish?q! Indeed between al-Hajj?j bin D?n?r and the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah upon him, is a wilderness in which the necks of the mounts are severed, however, there is no difference of opinion regarding charity [offered on behalf of one?s parents]?. Muhammad said, I heard Al? bin Shaq?q saying, I heard Abd Allah bin al-Mub?rak saying in front of the people: ?Abandon the ?ad?th of Amr bin Th?bit for indeed he would curse the Salaf [i.e., the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them]?.
Read More..Ab? Bakr ibn in-Na?r bin Ab?n-Na?r narrated to me, he said Ab?n-Na?r H?shim bin ul-Q?sim narrated to me, Ab? Aq?l, companion of Buhayyah, narrated to us, he said: ?I was sitting near al-Q?sim bin Ubayd Allah and Yahy? bin Sa??d [bin Qays al-Madan? al-Q???], when Yahy? said to al-Q?sim: ?Oh Ab? Muhammad! Indeed it is gravely harmful for the likes of you to be asked about something from the affair of this D?n, and then knowledge of it is not found with you, and no relief [in the form of an answer]? -or- ??knowledge and no articulation?. So al-Q?sim said [to Yahy? bin Sa??d]: ?Where did that come from?? [Yahy?] said: ?It is because you are the son of two Im?ms of guidance- a descendent of Abu Bakr and Umar.? [al-Q?sim] said to him: ?More harmful than that- according to whoever reflects about Allah- is to speak without knowledge or to take [?ad?th] from someone who is not trustworthy?. [Ab? Aq?l] said: ?So [Yahy? bin Sa??d] was quiet and did not respond to him?.
Read More..Bishr bin ul-Hakam al-Abd? narrated to me, he said, I heard Sufy?n bin Uyaynah saying, they informed me on authority of Ab? Aq?l, companion of Buhayyah, that a descendent of Abd Allah bin Umar was asked about something that he did not have knowledge about, so Yahy? bin Sa??d said to him: ?By Allah, indeed it is a grave matter that the likes of you, a descendent of two Im?ms of guidance ? meaning Umar and Ibn Umar ? is asked about a matter and you have no knowledge of it?. So [al-Q?sim] said: ?By Allah, more grave than that according to Allah, and to whoever reflects about Allah, is to speak without knowledge or to report on authority of one who is not trustworthy?. [Ibn Uyaynah] said that Ab? Aq?l Yahy? bin al-Mutawakkil witnessed them both when they said that.
Read More..Amr bin Al? Ab? Hafs narrated to us, he said I heard Yahy? bin Sa??d, he said: ?I asked Sufy?n ath-Thawr? , Shu?bah, M?lik, and Ibn Uyaynah about a man who is not reliable (Thabt) in ?ad?th, and someone comes and asks me about him, and they said: ?Inform [others] against him that he is not reliable?.?
Read More..Ubayd Allah bin Sa??d narrated to us, he said, I heard an-Na?r saying: ?Ibn Awn was asked about the ?ad?th of Shahr and he was standing at the threshold of the door, so [Ibn Awn] said: ?Indeed they criticized Shahr, indeed they criticized Shahr?. Muslim, may Allah have mercy on him, said ?He means- the tongues of men were busy criticizing him?.?
Read More..Hajj?j bin ush-Sh??ir narrated to me, Shab?bah narrated to us, he said, Shu?bah said: ?I had met Shahr then abandoned transmitting from him?.
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