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Clarification That The Chain Of Narration Is Part Of The Religion, And Reports Should Only Be Narrated From Those Who Are Trustworthy, And That Critical Assessment And Evaluation of Narrators For Things That Are True Is Permissible And Is In Fact Obligatory; And That Doing So Is Not Backbiting That Is Forbidden, Rather It Is Defending The Honorable Shari'ah

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Introduction by Imâm Muslim

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[40] It was narrated from Muḥammad bin Yahyâ bin Sa'eed Al-Qattân that his father said: "We have not seen any fault in the righteous worse than their telling lies in narrating Hadîth." Ibn Abî 'Attâb said: "I met Muḥammad bin Yahyâ bin Sa'eed Al-Qattân and I asked him about him. He said, narrating from his father: 'You will not see in good people anything worse than in telling lies about Hadîth.'" Muslim said: (This means) Lies flow from their tongues but they do not lie deliberately.

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وحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَتَّابٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَفَّانُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: «لَمْ نَرَ الصَّالِحِينَ فِي شَيْءٍ أَكْذَبَ مِنْهُمْ فِي الْحَدِيثِ» قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عَتَّابٍ: فَلَقِيتُ أَنَا مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانَ، فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْهُ، فَقَالَ: عَنْ أَبِيهِ، «لَمْ تَرَ أَهْلَ الْخَيْرِ فِي شَيْءٍ أَكْذَبَ مِنْهُمْ فِي الْحَدِيثِ». قَالَ مُسْلِمٌ: " يَقُولُ: يَجْرِي الْكَذِبُ عَلَى لِسَانِهِمْ، وَلَا يَتَعَمَّدُونَ الْكَذِبَ "

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