Sahih Muslim — Hadith #7582

Muhammad ibn Abbad and Sa'id ibn Amr al-Ash'asi narrated to me together from Ibn Uyeina. Sa'id said: Sufyan reported to us from Hisham ibn Hujayr, who reported from Tawus. Tawus, referring to Bushayr ibn Ka'b, said: "This man came to Ibn Abbas and began to narrate hadith to him. Ibn Abbas then said to him: 'Repeat such and such hadith!' And he repeated it. Then he narrated hadith to him again. Ibn Abbas again said: 'Repeat such and such hadith!' And he repeated it. This time he addressed Ibn Abbas: 'I don't know; did you know all my hadiths except this one?'" "Or did you not know all my hadiths, and only recognize this one?" he asked. Abbas replied, "We used to narrate hadiths from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when no lies were fabricated about him. But when people began to ride both unruly and docile camels (meaning when people began to engage in any profession, good or bad), we stopped narrating hadiths from him."