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 ?.
Read More..Hajj?j bin ash-Sh??ir narrated to me, Ahmad- meaning Ibn Y?nus- narrated to us, Z??idah narrated to us, on authority of al-A?mash, on authority of Ibr?h?m that al-H?rith said: ?I studied the Qur??n for three years and the revelation for two years?; or he said: ??the revelation in three years and the Qur??n in two years
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