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?.
Read More..Muhammad bin Abd Allah bin Quhz?dh, from the people of Marw, narrated to me, he said Al? bin Husayn bin W?qid informed me, he said Abd Allah bin al-Mub?rak said, I said to Sufy?n ath-Thawr?: ?Indeed Abb?d bin Kath?r, about whose condition you are aware, when he related [narrations] he introduced a grave matter- do you believe that it should be said to the people ?Do not take from him?? Sufy?n said: ?Indeed!? Abd Allah [bin al-Mub?rak] said: ?So when I was in an assembly and Abb?d was mentioned there, I praised him regarding his D?n and said: ?Do not take from him.? Muhammad said, Abd Allah bin Uthm?n narrated to us, he said, my father said, Abd Allah bin al-Mub?rak said: ?I ended up in an assembly of Shu?bah, and he said: ?This is Abb?d bin Kath?r so be warned against him.?
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