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.?
Read More..Al-Fa?l bin Sahl narrated to me, he said, I asked Mu?all? ar-R?z? about Muhammad bin Sa??d whom Abb?d transmitted from, so he informed me about what ?s? bin Y?nus said: ?I was at his door and Sufy?n was with [Muhammad bin Sa??d], then when he came out I asked [Sufy?n] about him. So he informed me that he was a liar.?
Read More..Muhammad bin Ab? Att?b narrated to me, he said Aff?n narrated to me, on authority of Muhammad bin Yahy? bin Sa??d al-Qatt?n, on authority of his father, he said: ?We do not see the righteous more false in anything than they are regarding ?ad?th?. Ibn Ab? Att?b said: ?So Muhammad bin Yahy? bin Sa??d al-Qatt?n and I met and I asked him about it and he said on authority of his father: ?You will not see the people of good (Ahl ul-Khayr) more false in anything than they are regarding ?ad?th.? Muslim said: ?He was saying that falsehood flows upon their tongues although they do not intend to lie?.
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