Al-Fa?l bin Sahl narrated to me, he said Yaz?d bin H?r?n narrated to us, he said Khal?fah bin M?s? informed me, he said: ?I entered upon Gh?lib bin Ubayd Allah so he began dictating to me ?Mak?h?l narrated to me this? and ?Mak?h?l narrated to me that?. So he prepared to answer the call of nature and stood up, then I looked in his notebook and in it was ?Ab?n narrated to me, on authority of Anas? and ?Ab?n on authority of so-and-so?. So I abandoned [listening to his ?ad?th] and stood up [to leave]?. I heard al-Hasan bin Al? al-Hulw?n? saying: ?I saw in one of the books of Aff?n a ?ad?th of Hish?m Ab?l-Miqd?m meaning a ?ad?th of Umar bin Abd il-Az?z. [In it was written] ?Hish?m said: ?A man said to be Yahy? bin so-and-so narrated to me, on authority of Muhammad bin Ka?b?? [Al-Hulw?n?] said, I said to Aff?n: ?They would say Hish?m heard it [directly] from Muhammad bin Ka?b?. So [Aff?n] said: ?Indeed Hish?m was stricken [with accusations of lying] with regards to this ?ad?th for he would say ?Yahy? narrated to me on authority of Muhammad?, then he claimed afterwards that he heard it from Muhammad [directly]?.?
Read More..Muhammad bin Abd Allah bin Quhz?dh narrated to me, he said I heard Abd Allah bin Uthm?n bin Jabalah saying, I said to Abd Allah bin al-Mub?rak: ?Who is this man from whom you transmit the ?ad?th of Abd Allah bin Amr, ?The day of Fitr is the day of prizes???? [Abd Allah] said: ?Sulaym?n bin al-Hajj?j. Look at what I placed in your hands [of praise] about him?. Ibn Quhz?dh said I heard Wahb bin Zam?ah mentioning about Sufy?n bin Abd il-M?lik, he said, Abd Allah ?meaning Ibn al-Mub?rak- said: ?I saw Rawh bin Ghutayf, the companion of blood the amount of a Dirham , and I took a seat in one of his audiences. Then I began to become ashamed for my companions to see me sitting with him while his ?ad?th are disapproved of.?
Read More..Ibn Quhz?dh narrated to me, he said, I heard Wahb [bin Zam?ah] saying, on authority of Sufy?n [bin Abd il-M?lik], on authority of Ibn al-Mub?rak, he said: ?Baqiyyah [bin al-Wal?d] is truthful of tongue however he transmits [?ad?th] from those who approach [the Muhaddith?n, i.e. are trustworthy] and from those who turn their backs on [the Muhaddith?n, i.e. and are weak]?.
Read More..Qutaybah bin Sa??d narrated to us, Jar?r narrated to us, on authority of Mugh?rah, on authority of ash-Sha?b?, he said: ?al-H?rith al-A?war ul-Hamd?n? narrated to me, and he is a liar?.
Read More..Ab? ?mir Abd Allah bin Barr?d al-Ash?ar? narrated to us, Ab? Us?mah narrated to us, on authority of Mufa??al, on authority of Mugh?rah, he said I heard ash-Sha?b? saying: ?al-H?rith al-A?war narrated to me,? and he [ash-Sha?b?] was testifying that he was one of the liars?.
Read More..Qutaybah bin Sa??d narrated to us, Jar?r narrated to us, on authority of Mugh?rah, on authority of Ibr?h?m [bin Yaz?d an-Nakh???], he said, Alqamah said: ?I memorized the Qur??n in two years?. Al-H?rith said: ?The Qur??n is easy; the revelation [i.e. the secret revelation to Al? in the belief of the Sh??ah] is more difficult ?.
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