Introduction

Muhammad bin Ja’far narrated to us, Shu’bah narrated to us, on authority of Mansūr, on authority of Rab’iy ibn Hirāsh, that he heard Alī, may Allah be...

‘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: ‘W...

‘Whoever lies upon me intentionally, then let him take his seat in the Fire’.

‘I arrived at the Masjid and al-Mughīrah, the Amīr of al-Kūfah said: ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah upon him, saying, ‘...

’ Alī bin Hujr as-Sa’dī narrated to us, Alī bin Mushir narrated to us, Muhammad bin Qays il-Asadī informed us, on authority of Alī ibn Rabī’at al-Asad...

Shu’bah narrated to us, on authority of Khubayb bin Abd ir-Rahman, on authority of Hafs bin Āsim, on authority of Abī Hurayrah, he said, the Messenger...

Abū Bakr bin Abī Shaybah narrated to us, Alī bin Hafs narrated to us, Shu’bah narrated to us, on authority of Khubayb bin Abd ir-Rahman, on authority ...

‘It is enough of a lie for a man that he narrates everything he hears’.

‘Know that a man who relates everything he hears is not safe, and he can never be an Imām, as long as he narrates everything he hears’.

‘It is enough of a lie for a man that he narrates everything he hears’.

‘A man cannot be an Imām whose example is followed until he withholds from some of what he hears’.

‘Iyās bin Mu’āwiyah asked me saying: ‘Indeed I see that you love knowledge of the Qur’ān, so recite for me a Sūrah and explain it until I can reflect ...

‘It is the case that you do not relate to the people a narration which their minds cannot grasp except that it becomes a Fitnah for some of them’.

‘There will be in the last of my nation a people narrating to you what you nor your fathers heard, so beware of them’.

‘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 ...

‘Indeed Satan will appear in the form of a man and he will come to the people, narrating to them false Ḥadīth, and they will then depart. Then a man a...

‘Indeed in the sea are devils chained up, whom Sulaymān shackled and they are at the point of emerging. Then they will recite a Qur’ān upon the people...

‘Go back to such-and-such narration‘. Then , we abandoned listening to Ḥadīth from them’.

‘Indeed we would take Ḥadīth and they would be taken on authority of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah upon him. However if you tak...

‘The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah upon him, said…’, ‘the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah upon him, said…’. Then i...

‘I wrote to Ibn Abbās asking him to write something said: ‘By Allah, Alī did not give judgment according to this unless he was astray’.’

‘A book was brought to Ibn Abbās which contained the verdicts of Alī, may Allah be pleased with him, and he effaced but a small amount,’ and Sufyān bi...

‘When they narrated these things after Alī, may Allah be pleased with him, a man from the companions of Alī said: ‘May Allah curse them. Did they corr...

‘There are no Ḥadīth on authority of Alī, may Allah be pleased with him, that are confirmed except from the companions of Abd Allah bin Mas’ūd.’

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

‘They would not ask about the chains of narration, and when the Fitnah occurred, they said: ‘Name for us your men’. So Ahl us-Sunnah would be regarded...

‘I came across Tāwus and said: ‘So-and-so narrated to me such-and-such’. Then he said: ‘If your companion is trustworthy, then take from him.’

‘So-and-so narrated to me like this-and-that’. He said: ‘If your companion is trustworthy, then take from him.’

‘I met one hundred in al-Madīnah, each of whom were reliable. Narrations were not taken from one about who it was said, ‘he is not from its people’.’

‘There is to be no narrating on authority of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah send blessings and peace upon him, except by trustworthy narrators (Thi...

‘The chain of narration is from the Dīn, and were it not for the chain of narration whoever wished could say what he wanted’. Muhammad bin Abd Allah ...

‘I was sitting near al-Qāsim bin Ubayd Allah and Yahyā bin Sa’īd was quiet and did not respond to him’.

‘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 mat...

‘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 hi...

‘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 cr...

‘I had met Shahr then abandoned transmitting from him’.

‘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 p...

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

‘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 ...

‘I entered upon Ghālib bin Ubayd Allah so he began dictating to me ‘Mak’hūl narrated to me this’ and ‘Mak’hūl narrated to me that’. So he prepared to ...

‘Who is this man from whom you transmit the Ḥadīth of Abd Allah bin Amr, ‘The day of Fitr is the day of prizes…’?’ about him’. Ibn Quhzādh said I he...

‘Baqiyyah ’.

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

‘al-Hārith al-A’war narrated to me,’ and he was testifying that he was one of the liars’.

‘I memorized the Qur’ān in two years’. Al-Hārith said: ‘The Qur’ān is easy; the revelation is more difficult ’.

‘I studied the Qur’ān for three years and the revelation for two years’; or he said: ‘…the revelation in three years and the Qur’ān in two years ’.

Hajjāj narrated to me, he said Ahmad- and he is Ibn Yūnus- narrated to me, Zā’idah narrated to us, on authority of Mansūr and al-Mughīrah, on authorit...

‘Murrah al-Hamdānī heard something from al-Hārith and said to him: ‘sit by the door’. said: ‘So Murrah went inside and took his sword and al-Hārith s...

‘Beware of al-Mughīrah bin Sa’īd and Abū Abd ar-Rahīm for they are both liars’.

‘We would catch up with Abū Abd ar-Rahman as-Sulamī and at the time we were young men, so he would say to us: ‘Do not sit with story-tellers other tha...

‘I met Jābir bin Yazīd al-Ju’fī and did not write .

‘Jābir bin Yazīd narrated to us before there took place what happened ’.

‘The people would transmit from Jābir before there appeared what appeared, then when there appeared what appeared, the people imputed him in his Ḥadīt...

‘I have 70,000 Ḥadīth all of which are on authority of Abū Ja’far on authority of the Prophet, peace and blessings upon him’.

‘Indeed I have fifty thousand Ḥadīth that I have not narrated from at all’. said: ‘Then that day he related a Ḥadīth and said, ‘This is from the fift...

‘I have fifty thousand Ḥadīth on authority of the Prophet, peace and blessings upon him’.

{Thus I will never depart from the land until my father permits me or Allah decides for me, and He is the best of Judges}’. Jābir said, ‘that is an in...

‘I heard Jābir talking about something like 30,000 Ḥadīth .’ Muslim said, I heard Abū Ghassān Muhammad bin Amr ar-Rāzī say, ‘I asked Jarīr bin Abd il...

‘He is not upright in speech ’.

‘Indeed I have a neighbor’ and he mentioned some of his virtues, ‘…even if he testified to me about two dates I would not see his testimony as permis...

‘I did not see Ayyūb speaking ill of anyone, ever, except for Abd al-Karīm- meaning Abū Umayyah’. So he mentioned him and said, may Allah have mercy o...

‘Al-Barā’ .

‘Indeed this one alleges he has met eighteen of the warriors of the battle of Badr’. Qatādah said: ‘This one was barely asking regarding it. By Allah...

Uthmān bin Abī Shaybah narrated to us, Jarīr narrated to us, on authority of Raqabah that ‘Abū Ja’far al-Hāshimī al-Madanī was fabricating narrations ...

‘Amr bin Ubayd would lie regarding Ḥadīth’.

‘Whoever carries arms against us then he is not from us’. said ‘Amr lied, by Allah. Rather he intended it as a way to permit his filthy opinion.’

‘A man kept company with Ayyūb and listened ’.

‘There is no flogging the one who gets drunk from Nabīdh’.’ said: ‘He lied, for I heard al-Hasan saying, ‘Flog the one who gets drunk from Nabīdh’.’

‘Have you seen a man whose Dīn you do not trust- how do you trust him regarding Ḥadīth?’

‘Amr bin Ubayd narrated to us before what happened’ .

‘I wrote to Shu’bah asking him about Abū Shaybah , a judge of Wāsit, so he wrote to me: ‘Do not write anything from him ’.

‘I narrated to Hammād bin Salamah lied’.

‘Go to Jarīr bin Hāzim and say to him, ‘It is not allowed for you to transmit from al-Hasan bin Umārah for indeed he lies’.’ Abū Dāwud said, I said to...

‘I swore that I would not transmit anything from him or Khālid bin Mahdūj’. .’ Al-Hulwānī said: ‘I heard from Abd as-Samad and I mentioned Ziyād bin ...

‘You transmit a great deal on authority of Abbād bin Mansūr - so how is it that you did not hear the Ḥadīth of ‘the lady perfume seller’ from him whic...

‘Abd ul-Quddūs was narrating to us saying,‘Suwayd bin Aqalah said…’ Muslim said, I heard Ubayd Allah bin Umar al-Qawārīrī saying, I heard Hammād bin...

‘A Ḥadīth did not reach me on authority of al-Hasan except I presented it to Abān bin Abī Ayyāsh , then he read it to me ’.

‘Hamzah az-Zayyāt and I heard from Abān bin Abī Ayyāsh something like one thousand Ḥadīth’. Alī said: ‘So I met Hamzah then he informed me that he saw...

‘Write from Baqiyyah what he transmits on authority of those who are well-known, and do not write from him what he transmits on authority of those who...

‘What an excellent man is Baqiyyah, if it were not for the fact that he would provide a nickname for he was Abd ul-Quddūs ’.

‘I did not see Ibn al-Mubārak express so plainly the charge of ‘lying’ except towards Abd ul-Quddūs; for indeed I heard him saying to him ‘ a liar’.’

‘I heard Abū Nu’aym and he mentioned al-Mu’allā bin Urfān, so

‘We were near Ismā’īl bin Ulayyah, and a man narrated on authority of another man, so I said: ‘Indeed this is not reliable (Thabt)’. So the man said: ...

‘I asked Mālik bin Anas about Muhammad bin Abd ar-Rahman who transmits on authority of Sa’īd bin al-Musayyib, so he said: ‘He is not trustworthy ‘. I ...

‘Yahyā bin Ma’īn narrated to me, Hajjāj narrated to us, Ibn Abī Dhi’b narrated to us on authority of Shurahbīl bin Sa’d , and he was imputed ’.

‘If I had to choose between entering Paradise and meeting Abd Allah bin Muharrar, I would have chosen to meet him, then enter Paradise. Then when I sa...

‘Do not take from my brother ’.

‘Yahyā bin Abī Unaysah was a liar’.

‘Indeed Farqad is not a companion of Ḥadīth’.

‘More weak than Ya’qūb bin Atā ’?’ He said: ‘Yes’. Then he said: ‘I did not see anyone transmitting on authority of Muhammad bin Abd Allah bin Ubayd b...

‘His Ḥadīth are Rīh or ‘wind’ - do not write the Ḥadīth of Ubaydah bin Mu’attib, as-Sarī bin Ismā’īl, or Muhammad bin Sālim’.’