Sahih Muslim 14688

‘al-Hārith al-A’war ul-Hamdānī narrated to me, and he is a liar’.

Sahih Muslim 14684

‘We do not see the righteous more false in anything than they are regarding Ḥadīth’. Ibn Abī Attāb said: ‘So Muhammad bin Yahyā bin Sa’īd al-Qattān and I met and I asked him about it and he said on authority of his father: ‘You will not see the people of good (Ahl ul-Khayr) more false […]

Sahih Muslim 14678

‘By Allah, indeed it is a grave matter that the likes of you, a descendent of two Imāms of guidance – meaning Umar and Ibn Umar – is asked about a matter and you have no knowledge of it’. So said that Abū Aqīl Yahyā bin al-Mutawakkil witnessed them both when they said that.

Sahih Muslim 14679

‘I asked Sufyān ath-Thawrī , Shu’bah, Mālik, and Ibn Uyaynah about a man who is not reliable (Thabt) in Ḥadīth, and someone comes and asks me about him, and they said: ‘Inform against him that he is not reliable’.’

Sahih Muslim 14680

‘Ibn Awn was asked about the Ḥadīth of Shahr and he was standing at the threshold of the door, so said: ‘Indeed they criticized Shahr, indeed they criticized Shahr’. Muslim, may Allah have mercy on him, said ‘He means- the tongues of men were busy criticizing him’.’

Sahih Muslim 14682

‘Indeed Abbād bin Kathīr, about whose condition you are aware, when he related said: ‘So when I was in an assembly and Abbād was mentioned there, I praised him regarding his Dīn and said: ‘Do not take from him.’ Muhammad said, Abd Allah bin Uthmān narrated to us, he said, my father said, Abd Allah […]

Sahih Muslim 14683

‘I was at his door and Sufyān was with about him. So he informed me that he was a liar.’

Sahih Muslim 14670

‘Indeed this knowledge is faith, so carefully consider from whom you take your faith’.