Salamah narrated to me, al-Humayd? narrated to us, Sufy?n narrated to us, he said: ?I heard J?bir talking about something like 30,000 ?ad?th [that] I did not regard as permissible to mention anything from, and that to me was like this and that [?ad?th].? Muslim said, I heard Ab? Ghass?n Muhammad bin Amr ar-R?z? say, ?I asked Jar?r bin Abd il-Ham?d: ?Did you meet al-H?rith bin Has?rah? He said: ?Yes, [he is a] Shaykh of lengthy silence; he persisted in a grave matter.?
Read More..Hajj?j bin ash-Sh??ir narrated to me, Sulaym?n bin Harb narrated to us, Hamm?d bin Zayd narrated to us, he said, Ayy?b said: ?Indeed I have a neighbor? and he mentioned some of his virtues, [and continued] ??even if he testified to me about two dates I would not see his testimony as permissible?.
Read More..Muhammad bin R?fi? and Hajj?j bin ash-Sh??ir narrated to me, they said Abd ur-Razz?q narrated to us, he said Ma?mar said: ?I did not see Ayy?b speaking ill of anyone, ever, except for Abd al-Kar?m- meaning Ab? Umayyah?. So he mentioned him and said, may Allah have mercy on him ?He is not trustworthy- he had asked me about a ?ad?th of Ikrimah then said ?I heard from Ikrimah? [when relating the ?ad?th].?
Read More..Al-Fa?l bin Sahl narrated to me, he said Aff?n bin Muslim narrated to us, Hamm?m narrated to us, he said, Ab? D?wud al-A?m? came to us and began saying: ?Al-Bar?? [bin ?zib, the Companion] narrated to us?; he said: ?Zayd bin Arqam narrated to us?- and he mentioned that [those chains] to Qat?dah. [Qat?dah] said ?He lied; he did not hear from them. He would beg the people asking [about ?ad?th] at the time of the plague? [circa 67H].
Read More..Hasan bin Al? al-Hulw?n? narrated to me, he said Yaz?d bin H?r?n narrated to us, Hamm?m informed us, he said ?Ab? D?wud al-A?m? entered upon Qat?dah and when he stood, they said: ?Indeed this one alleges he has met eighteen of the warriors of the battle of Badr?. Qat?dah said: ?This one was barely asking [about ?ad?th] before the plague; he did not attend to anything from [seeking ?ad?th] and he did not speak [to any scholars] regarding it. By Allah, al-Hasan did not narrate to us from a witness of the battle of Badr without an intermediary; and Sa??d bin al-Musayyib did not narrate to us from a witness of the battle of Badr without an intermediary except from Sa?d bin M?lik?.
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