Know! May Allah grant you success. Whoever has the ability to distinguish between authentic and weak hadiths and knows the trustworthy and the accused narrators (those who have been accused of lying, etc.), it is obligatory upon him not to narrate except that hadith whose origin is sound and whose narrators are those whose faults have not been exposed, and to avoid the narrations of those who have been accused or who are stubborn among the people of innovation. And the evidence for what we have said is that Allah, the Exalted, said: “O you who believe! If a wicked person comes to you with news, verify it, lest you go against a people in ignorance, then tomorrow regret what you have done.” Secondly, Allah Almighty said: “And call to witness two men or a man and two women of your choice” (for testimony, meaning those who are known to be truthful and good) and He said: “Allah Almighty called to witness two just persons.” So it is clear from these verses that the statement of the transgressor is unreliable, and similarly it is clear from the Hadith Sharif that it is not correct to narrate a narration that is false (which has the possibility of being false), as is clear from the Quran, and that Hadith is the same as the one that is famously narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that he said: “Whoever narrates a Hadith from me and thinks that it is false, then he is a liar.” Imam Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated with his chain of transmission from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Mughirah bin Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: (i.e. the same Hadith that has been narrated above that whoever narrates a Hadith from me and thinks that it is false, then he is a liar).

And has told us [Abu Bakr bin Abu Syaibah] has told us [Ghundar] from [Syu'bah] (in another narration it is mentioned) And has told us [Muhammad bin al Mutsanna] and [Ibn Basysyar] both said, have told us [Muhammad bin Ja'far] has told us [Syu'bah] from [Mansur] from [Rib'i bin Hirasy] that he heard [Ali] preaching, he said, "The Messenger of Allah sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam said: "Do not lie in my name, because whoever lies in my name will surely go to hell

Zuhayr bin Harb narrated to me, Ismā’īl, rather, Ibn Ulayyah narrated to us, on authority of Abd il-Azīz ibn Suhayb, on authority of Anas bin Mālik, that he said:‘Indeed what prevents me from relating to you a great number of Ḥadīth is that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah upon him, said: ‘Whoever intends to lie upon me, then let him take his seat in the Fire.’

Muhammad bin Ubayd il-Ghubarī narrated to us, Abū Awānah narrated to us, on authority of Abī Hasīn, on authority of Abī Sālih, on authority of Abū Hurayrah, he said, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah upon him, said:‘Whoever lies upon me intentionally, then let him take his seat in the Fire’

Has told us [Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Numair] has told us [my father] has told us [Sa'id bin 'Ubaid] has told us [Ali bin Rabi'ah] he said, "I went to the mosque while al-Mughirah, the governor of Kufa. He said, "Then [al-Mughirah] said, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam say: "Truly lying in my name is not the same as lying in someone's name, whoever lies in my name intentionally, let him take his seat from hell." And has told me [Ali bin Hujr as Sa'di] has told us [Ali bin Mushir] has told us [Muhammad bin Qais al Asdi] from [Ali bin Rabi'ah al Asdi] from [al-Mughirah bin Syu'bah] from the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam with such a hadith, only he did not mention, "Indeed, lying in my name is not the same as lying in someone's name

Ali b. Hujr al-Sa'di also narrated to me that: Ali b. Mushir narrated to us. (We said: Muhammad b. Qays al-Asadi reported to us a similar hadith from Ali b. Rabi'at al-Asadi (63) from Mughirat ibn Shu'ba from the Prophet (pbuh) but he did not mention the sentence: "Surely a lie told about me is not like a lie told about someone else.")

And has told us [Ubaidullah bin Mu'adz al Anbari] has told us [my father] (in another narration it is mentioned), And has told us [Muhammad bin al Mutsanna] has told us [Abdurrahman bin Mahdi] both of them said, has told us [Syu'bah] from [Khubaib bin Abdurrahman] from [Hafsh bin Ashim] he said, "Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam said: "It is enough for a person (to be considered) to be lying if he tells everything he hears." Has told us [Abu Bakr bin Abu Syaibah] has told us [Ali bin Hafsh] has told us [Syu'bah] from [Khubaib bin Abdurrahman] from [Hafsh bin 'Ashim] from [Abu Hurairah] from the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam with the same hadith.

Abu Bakr bin Abi Shaybah, Ali bin Hafs narrated from Shuba, from Khubaib bin Abdur Rahman, from Hafs bin Asim, from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) narrated something similar.

This hadith is narrated to us on the authority of Muhammad b. 'Abdullah b. Numair, on the authority of Muhammad b. Bishr, on the authority of Abd Hayyan al-Taymi with the exception that in this narration (instead of the words (Iza Waladat al'amah rabbaha), the words are (Iza Waladat al'amah Ba'laha), i, e, when slave-girl gives birth to her master.

Zuhair ibn Harb narrated to me, saying: Jarir narrated to us, on the authority of 'Umarah (who was Ibn al-Qa'qa'), on the authority of Abu Zur'ah, on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Ask me." But they were too afraid to ask him. Then a man came and sat at his knees. He said, "O Messenger of Allah, what is Islam?" He said, "It is to associate nothing with Allah, to establish prayer, and to pay zakat." And he fasts Ramadan.” He said, “You have spoken the truth.” He said, “O Messenger of Allah, what is faith?” He said, “It is to believe in Allah, His angels, His Book, the meeting with Him, His messengers, to believe in the Resurrection, and to believe in predestination in its entirety.” He said, “You have spoken the truth.” He said, “O Messenger of Allah, what is excellence?” He said, “It is to fear Allah as if you see Him, for even if you do not see Him, He surely sees you.” He said, "You have spoken the truth." He said, "O Messenger of God, when will the Hour come?" He said, "The one questioned about it knows no more than the one asking. I will tell you about its signs: When you see a woman giving birth to her master, that is one of its signs. When you see barefoot, naked, deaf, and mute people becoming the kings of the earth, that is one of its signs. And when you see shepherds of sheep competing in..." The building, that is one of its signs, in five of the unseen things which none knows except God.” Then he recited: {Indeed, God [alone] has knowledge of the Hour and sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs. And no soul knows what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul knows in what land it will die. Indeed, God is Knowing and Acquainted.} He said, then the man stood up, and the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: Bring him back to me. So they searched for him but did not find him. Then the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “This was Gabriel. He wanted you to learn since you did not ask.”

Muhammad bin Muthani, Abdur Rahman, Sufyan, Abu Ishaq, Abu Al-Ahwas narrated from Abdullah (bin Masood, may Allah be pleased with him), who said: It is enough for a person to lie that he narrates everything he hears.

Narrated by Sufyan bin Husayn: Iyas bin Mu'awiyah asked me, "I see that you love knowledge of the Quran. So recite a surah for me and explain it so that I may reflect on what you know." I did as he asked, then he said to me, "Remember well what I am about to tell you: beware of reprehensible things in the hadiths, for few are those who transmit them without debasing themselves, and their hadiths are then rejected."

It is narrated from Sufyan bin Husayn that Iyas bin Muawiyah called me and said, "I see you are very keen on the knowledge of the Quran. Recite a Surah in front of me and explain its meaning so that I too may see what you know." He said, "I did so, and he said to me, 'Remember always what I have told you from me.'"

Abu Tahir, Harmalah bin Yahya, Ibn Wahb, Yunus, Ibn Shihab, Ubaidullah bin Abdullah bin Utbah, Hazrat Abdullah bin Masood (may Allah be pleased with him) said: You do not narrate to a people a hadith that their intellects cannot grasp, but it becomes a cause of tribulation for some of them.

Muhammad bin Abd Allah bin Numayr and Zuhayr bin Harb narrated to me, they said Abd Allah bin Yazīd narrated to us, he said Sa’īd bin Abī Ayyūb narrated to me, he said Abū Hāni’ narrated to me, on authority of Uthmān Muslim bin Yasār, on authority of Abī Hurayrah, on authority of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah upon him, he said:‘There will be in the last of my nation a people narrating to you what you nor your fathers heard, so beware of them’. ,Harmalah bin Yahyā bin Abd Allah bin Harmalah bin Imrān at-Tujībī narrated to me, he said Ibn Wahb narrated to us, he said Abū Shurayh narrated to me that he heard Sharāhīl bin Yazīd saying ‘Muslim bin Yasār informed me that he heard Abā Hurayrah saying, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah upon him, said:‘There will be in the end of time charlatan liars coming to you with narrations that you nor your fathers heard, so beware of them lest they misguide you and cause you tribulations’.’

Has told me [Harmalah bin Yahya bin Abdullah bin Harmalah bin Imran at-Tujibi] he has said, has told us [Ibn Wahb] he said, has told us [Abu Syuraih] that he heard [Syarahil bin Yazid] say, has told me [Muslim bin Yasar] that he heard [Abu Hurairah] say, "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "There will be At the end of time, the Dajjal liars will bring hadiths to you that you have never heard of and your fathers have never heard of either. So stay away from them and stay away from them. They cannot mislead you and cannot slander you

Abu Saeed Ashj, Waqi', 'A'mash, Musayyib bin Rafi', 'Amir bin Abduh narrated that: Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The devil takes the form of a man, then comes to the people and tells them a false hadith, then they scatter. A man among them says: I heard (a hadith) from a man, I recognize his face but I do not know his name, he was narrating a hadith.

Narrated by Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him): “Busayr bin Ka’b came to Ibn Abbas and began to relate hadiths to him. Ibn Abbas said to him, ‘Go back to such-and-such hadith.’ Bushayr went back and related it. Then Ibn Abbas said to him again, ‘Go back to such-and-such hadith.’ Bushayr went back again and related it. Then Bushayr said to him, ‘I don’t know if you know all my hadiths and reject this one and that one, or if you reject all my hadiths and only know this one and that one?’” Ibn Abbas replied, “We used to receive hadiths from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at a time when no one lied about him. But when people started mixing dubious and authentic narrations, we stopped listening to their hadiths.”

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."

Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Layth ibn Sa'd narrated to us, on the authority of 'Uqayl, on the authority of al-Zuhri, who said: 'Ubaydullah ibn 'Abdullah ibn 'Utbah ibn Mas'ud informed me, on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away and Abu Bakr succeeded him, and some of the Arabs disbelieved, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab said to Abu Bakr: "How can you fight the people when they have..." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “I have been commanded to fight the people until they say, ‘There is no god but Allah.’ Whoever says, ‘There is no god but Allah,’ has protected his life and property from me, except for what is due from him, and his reckoning is with Allah.” Abu Bakr said, “By Allah, I will fight whoever differentiates between prayer and zakat, for zakat is the right of wealth. By Allah, if they withheld from me even a camel’s tether that they used to pay to the Messenger of Allah…” By God, may God bless him and grant him peace, I would have fought them to prevent him. Then Umar ibn al-Khattab said: By God, it was only when I saw that God Almighty had opened Abu Bakr’s heart to fighting that I knew it was the truth.

(Abu Ayyub Sulayman ibn Ubaydillah al-Ghaylani narrated to me:) Abu Amir, that is, al-Aqadi, narrated to us:) Rabah narrated to us from Qays ibn Sa'd, who narrated from Mujahid. Mujahid said: Busheyr al-Adawi came to Ibn Abbas and began narrating hadith, saying: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said..." Ibn Abbas did not listen to his narration; he did not look at him. Thereupon Busheyr said: "Ibn Abbas! Why do I not see you paying attention to my hadith?" "I am reciting to you a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), yet you are not listening?" he said. Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: "There was a time when, when we heard someone say, 'The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said...', our eyes would immediately turn to him and our ears would be attentive to him. But when people began to paint themselves with all sorts of colors, we no longer accept anything from them except what we recognize."

It is narrated from Ibn Abi Malikah that he said: I wrote to Hazrat Abdullah bin Abbas (RA) and requested him to write a book for me and to conceal from me (those matters that are authentic or not to be written). He said: The boy is seeking pure Hadiths, I will choose (the authentic) for him in all matters (related to Hadith) and remove (the subject and fabricated Hadiths) (he said: He called for the rulings of Hazrat Ali (RA) and started writing things from them and (it happened) that when something happened, he would say: By Allah! Hazrat Ali (RA) did not make this ruling, unless (God forbid) he went astray (which did not happen.)

It was narrated from Umar and Naqid, Sufyan bin Uyaynah, Hisham bin Hujair, and Tawus that he said: A book was brought to Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) in which the rulings of Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) were written, so he left this much and erased the rest, and Sufyan bin Uyaynah pointed to a hand’s length.

(Hasan ibn Ali al-Hulwani narrated to us:) Yahya ibn Adam narrated to us:) Ibn Idris narrated to us from A'mash from Abu Ishaq. Abu Ishaq said: When they invented these things after Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), one of Ali's companions said: "May Allah punish them! How magnificent a science they have corrupted!"

Ali bin Khashram, Abu Bakr bin Ayyash told us, he said: I heard from Al-Mughira, he used to say: Nothing in the hadiths narrated from Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was confirmed, except what was narrated from the disciples of Abdullah bin Masood (may Allah be pleased with him).

(Hasan ibn Rabi narrated to us:) Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us from Ayyub and Hisham, who narrated from Muhammad; Fudayl narrated to us from Hisham, who narrated from Mahled ibn Husayn from Hisham, who narrated from Muhammad ibn Sirin, who said: "This knowledge is religion. Therefore, be careful from whom you receive your religion!"

Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us that Isma'il ibn Zakariyya narrated to us from Asim al-Ahwal, who narrated from Ibn Sirin. Ibn Sirin said: They used to not ask about the chain of narrators. When the fitna (strife/discord) arose, they began to say: Tell us the names of your narrators. Now, attention is paid to the Ahl as-Sunnah, and their hadiths are accepted; attention is paid to the Ahl as-Bid'ah, and their hadiths are not accepted.

Al-Awza'i narrated from Sulayman bin Musa, who said: "I met Za'us (may Allah be pleased with him) and said to him: 'A person narrated to me this and that hadith.' He said: 'If your master (teacher) is completely trustworthy, then take it from him.'

Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Layth narrated to us, on the authority of Ibn 'Ajlan, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban, on the authority of Ibn Muhayriz, on the authority of al-Sunabihi, on the authority of 'Ubadah ibn al-Samit, that he said: I entered upon him while he was dying and I wept. He said: "Wait, why are you weeping? By God, if I am martyred, I will testify for you, and if I am asked to intercede, I will intercede for you, and if I am able, I will benefit you." Then he said, “By God, there is no hadith that I heard from the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, that contains any good for you, except that I have told it to you, except for one hadith, and I will tell it to you today, and I am surrounded. I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, say: “Whoever testifies that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God, God will forbid the Fire for him.”

(Abdur-Rahman) bin Abi Zinaad narrated from his father, who said: I met a hundred (people of knowledge) in Medina who were secure and trustworthy (in religion), but hadiths were not taken from them, and it was said that they were not capable of this (knowledge).

Zuhair ibn Harb told me, Umar ibn Yunus al-Hanafi told us, Ikrimah ibn Ammar told us, Abu Kathir told me, Abu Hurayrah told me, we were sitting around the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Abu Bakr and Umar were with us, along with a group of people. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) got up from among us and was gone for a while, and we feared that he would be killed before we could finish. We were terrified, so we got up. I was the first to be terrified, so I went out seeking the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) until I came to a wall belonging to the Ansar, specifically to Banu Najjar. I walked around it, looking for a door, but I couldn't find one. Then I saw a stream entering the wall from an outside well—and the stream was called a "rabi'"—so I scrambled like a fox and entered upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He said, Abu Hurayrah said, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.” He said, “What is the matter with you?” I said, “You were among us, then you got up and were late in coming back to us, so we feared that you might be cut off before we could reach you, so we were terrified, and I was the first to be terrified, so I came to this wall and crouched down like a fox, and these people were behind me.” He said, “O Abu Hurayrah.” He gave me his sandals and said, "Take these sandals of mine, and whoever you meet beyond this wall who testifies that there is no god but Allah, with certainty in his heart, give him the good news of Paradise." The first person I met was Umar, who said, "What are these sandals, Abu Hurayrah?" I said, "These are the sandals of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. He sent me with them to give to whomever I meet who testifies that there is no god but Allah." I gave him glad tidings of Paradise, for he believed in God with certainty in his heart. Then Umar struck me between my breasts, and I fell on my backside. He said, "Go back, Abu Hurayrah!" So I returned to the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, and I burst into tears. Umar mounted me, and he was right behind me. The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said to me, "What is the matter with you, Abu Hurayrah?" I said, "I met Umar and told him..." By the One with whom You sent me, he struck me between my breasts, and I fell on my backside. He said, "Go back." The Messenger of Allah, may God bless him and grant him peace, said to him, "O Umar, what made you do what you did?" He said, "O Messenger of God, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you, did you send Abu Hurayrah with your sandals, telling him to give glad tidings of Paradise to whomever he met who testified that there is no god but God, with certainty in his heart?" He said, "Yes." He said, "Then do not do it, for I fear that people will rely on it, so let them work." The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, "Then let them."

Narrated by Ishaq ibn Mansur, who said: Mu'adh ibn Hisham told us, who said: My father told me, on the authority of Qatadah, who said: Anas ibn Malik told us that the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and Mu'adh ibn Jabal were riding together on the mount. The Prophet said, "O Mu'adh!" Mu'adh replied, "At your service, O Messenger of Allah, and may you be happy." The Prophet said, "O Mu'adh!" Mu'adh replied, "At your service, O Messenger of Allah, and may you be happy." The Prophet said, "O Mu'adh!" He replied, "At your service, O Messenger of Allah, and at your pleasure." He said, "There is no servant who testifies that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger, except that Allah will forbid him from the Fire." He said, "O Messenger of Allah, should I not inform the people of this so that they may rejoice?" He said, "Then they will rely on it." So Mu'adh informed them of it at the time of his death, fearing sin.

Abu Nadr Hashim bin Qasim narrated a hadith, saying: We heard Abu Aqeel (Yahya bin Mutawakkil), the master of Bahiya, narrate a hadith, saying: I was sitting with Qasim bin Ubaidullah (bin Abdullah bin Umar whose mother was Umm Abdullah bint Qasim bin Muhammad bin Abi Bakr) and Yahya bin Saeed when Yahya said to Qasim bin Ubaidullah: Mr. Abu Muhammad! This is a great fault for a person like you, it is a great matter that you are asked about a matter of this religion and you have no knowledge or solution or (say these words) no knowledge or way out regarding it. So Qasim said to him: For what reason? (Yahya) said: Because you are the son of the two Imams of guidance, Abu Bakr and Umar. He said: Qasim said to him: "For a person who has been given intelligence from Allah, it is worse for me to say something without knowledge or to narrate from someone who is not trustworthy." (On hearing this, Yahya) remained silent and did not answer him.

Bishr bin Hakam Abdi narrated to me, saying: I heard Sufyan bin Uyaina say: Many people narrated to me from Abu Aqil, the ruler of Bahiya, that (some) people asked a son of Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) about something about which he had no knowledge. Yahya bin Saeed said to him: I consider it a great matter that a person like you (while you are the son of the Imams of Guidance, namely Umar and Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) should be asked about something (and) you have no knowledge about it. He said: By Allah! In the sight of Allah and in the sight of the one to whom Allah has given intelligence, it is greater than that I should say something without knowledge or narrate from someone who is not trustworthy. (Sufyan) said: Abu Aqil Yahya bin Mutawakkil (may Allah be pleased with him) (also) were present with him when he said this.

Amr ibn Ali Abu Hafs also narrated to us that: "I heard Yahya ibn Sa'id saying: I asked Sufyan al-Thawri, Shu'ba, Malik, and Ibn Uyayna: What should I do if someone is not trustworthy in hadith and someone asks me about him? They said: 'Inform him that he is not trustworthy!'"

Al-Nadr said: Ibn Aun was asked about the hadith of Shahr (Bin Hawshab), he was standing at his doorstep, he said: They (the hadith scholars) have indeed cursed the city, they have cursed the city. Imam Muslim (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The tongues of the people targeted them, they talked about them.

Narrated by Muhammad bin Abd Allah bin Quhzādh: Ali bin Husayn bin Wāqid informed me that Abd Allah bin al-Mubārak said: “I said to Sufyān ath-Thawrī: ‘Indeed, Abbad bin Kathīr, whose situation you know, when he narrated…’” He said: “When I was in a gathering and Abbad was mentioned, I would praise him for his religion but I would say: ‘Do not take any hadith from him.’” Muhammad said: Abd Allah bin Uthmān narrated to us, he said, my father said, Abd Allah bin al-Mubārak said: “I found myself in a gathering of Shu’bah, and he said: ‘Here is Abbad bin Kathīr, so beware of him.’”

Abdullah bin Mubarak said: I said to Sufyan al-Thawri: Surely, Ibad bin Kathir is someone whose condition you know. When he narrates a hadith, he talks big, do you think I should tell people: Do not take (hadith) from him? Sufyan would say: Why not! Abdullah said: Then it became (my habit) that whenever I was in a (scientific) gathering where Ibad was mentioned, I would praise him regarding religion and (also) say: Do not take (hadith) from him. Muhammad narrated to us, he said: Abdullah bin Uthman narrated to us, he said: My father said: Abdullah bin Mubarak said: I reached Shu'bah, so he (also) said: This is Ibad bin Kathir, so be careful (in narrating hadith) from him.

Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Layth narrated to us, and Muhammad ibn Rumh ibn al-Muhajir narrated to us, saying: Layth informed us, on the authority of Yazid ibn Abi Habib, on the authority of Abu al-Khayr, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Amr, that a man asked the Messenger of Allah, may God bless him and grant him peace, “Which aspect of Islam is best?” He said, “Feeding the hungry and greeting with peace those you know and those you do not know.”

Narrated by Al-Faḍl bin Sahl: Yazīd bin Hārūn reported to us, Khalīfah bin Mūsā informed me: “I went to see Ghālib bin Ubayd Allah and he began dictating to me: ‘Mak’hūl reported this to me,’ ‘Mak’hūl reported that to me.’ Then he got up to go to the toilet, and I looked in his notebook: it was written ‘Abān reported this to me from Anas,’ ‘Abān from so-and-so.’ So I left him.” “I heard al-Hasan bin Ali al-Hulwani say: ‘I saw in one of Affan’s books a hadith from Hisham Abil-Miqdam, that is, a hadith from Umar bin Abd al-Aziz.’”

Narrated by al-Faḍl bin Sahl: “Yazid bin Harun narrated to us from Khalifah bin Musa: ‘I entered upon Ghalib bin Ubayd Allah and he began dictating to me: “Mak’hul narrated this to me,” “Mak’hul narrated that to me.” Then he got up to go to the toilet. I looked in his notebook and saw: “Aban narrated this to me from Anas,” “Aban from so-and-so.” So I stopped listening to his hadiths and left.’” I heard al-Hasan bin Ali al-Hulwani say: “I saw in one of Affan’s books a hadith from Hisham Abi al-Miqdam, that is, a hadith from Umar bin Abd al-Aziz. It said: ‘Hisham said: A man, apparently Yahya bin so-and-so, narrated to me from Muhammad bin Ka’b…’ I said to Affan: ‘It was said that Hisham heard it directly from Muhammad bin Ka’b.’ He replied: ‘Indeed, Hisham was accused of lying about this hadith, because he would first say: “Yahya narrated it to me from Muhammad,” and then he would later claim to have heard it directly from Muhammad.’”

Muhammad bin Abdullah Qahzad narrated to me a hadith, he said: I heard Abdullah bin Uthman bin Jablah, he was saying: I said to Abdullah bin Mubarak: Who is this from whom you narrated the hadith of Abdullah bin Amr: “The day of Eid al-Fitr is the day of gifts.” He said: Sulayman bin Hajjaj, look carefully at the hadiths that you have with you (or the hadiths that I have given you). Ibn Qahzad said: I heard Wahb bin Zam’ah narrating from Sufyan bin Abdul Malik, he said: Abdullah, meaning Ibn Mubarak, said: I saw Ruh bin Ghatif, the narrator of the hadith with blood equal to one dirham. I sat with him in a gathering, and I was ashamed of my companions for seeing me sitting with him despite my dislike for narrating hadith to him, because of his dislike of hadith and the lack of acceptance of his narration.

Ibn Qahzad said, I heard Wahb narrate from Sufyan, and he narrated from Abdullah ibn Mubarak, who said: The rest are truthful in speech, but they take hadith from every comer (everyone who is skilled in hadith and not).

Narrated by Abū Āmir Abd Allah bin Barrād al-Ash’arī: Abū Usāmah narrated to us, from Mufaḍḍal, from Mughīrah, that he said, I heard ash-Sha’bī say: “al-Hārith al-A’war narrated to me,” and he testified that he was among the liars.

(Abu Amir Abdullah ibn Barrad al-Ash'ari narrated to us:) Abu Usama narrated to us from Mufaddil, who narrated from Mughira, that I heard Sha'bi saying, "Al-Harith al-A'war narrated to me," even though he himself testified that he was one of the liars.

Yahya ibn Ayyub, Qutaybah ibn Sa'id, and Ali ibn Hujr all narrated to us on the authority of Isma'il ibn Ja'far - Ibn Ayyub said: Isma'il narrated to us - he said: Al-Ala' informed me, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: "He who does not feel safe from his evil deeds will not enter Paradise."

Al-Hajjaj bin Sha’ar, Ahmad bin Yunus, narrated from Ibrahim Nakha’i that Al-Harith (the blind) said: I learned the Quran in three years and the revelation in two years (or said: Revelation in three years and the Quran in two years). In the dictionary, revelation has many meanings, for example: pointing, writing, inspiration and secret speech, etc., but in Islamic terminology, revelation means sending a word, message, etc. to His Messenger in one of the ways prescribed by Allah. This statement of Al-Harith shows his ignorance in the matter of Islamic terminology.

Zuhair ibn Harb and Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Numayr both narrated to us on the authority of Ibn Uyaynah. Ibn Numayr said: Sufyan narrated to us on the authority of Amr, that he heard Nafi’ ibn Jubayr narrating on the authority of Abu Shurayh al-Khuza’i, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should treat his neighbor well. And whoever believes in Allah…” And on the Last Day, let him honor his guest. And whoever believes in God and the Last Day should speak good or remain silent.

Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us (saying): Jarir narrated to us from Hamza al-Zayyat, who said: He heard something from al-Harith. Thereupon, he said to him: Sit at that door (and wait for me). Murra immediately rushed in and took his sword. But al-Harith, sensing that things were going badly, immediately left.

Narrated by Abū Kāmil al-Jahdarī: Hammād – that is Ibn Zayd – narrated to us, Āsim narrated to us, he said: “We used to join Abū Abd ar-Rahman as-Sulamī when we were young, and he would tell us: ‘Do not sit with the storytellers, except Abūl-Ahwas, and beware of Shaqīq.’”