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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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[85] Bishr bin 'Umar said: "I asked Mālik bin Anas about Muḥammad bin 'Abdur-Raḥmān, who narrated from Sa'eed bin Al-Mūsāyyab. He said: 'He is not trustworthy.' I asked Mālik bin Anas about Abū Al-Ḥuwaīrīth. He said: 'He is not trustworthy.' I asked him about Shu'bah from whom Ibn Abī Dhi'b narrated. He said: 'He is not trustworthy.' I asked him about Ṣāliḥ, the freed slave of At-Taw'amah. He said: 'He is not trustworthy.' I asked him about Ḥarām bin 'Uthmān. He said: 'He is not trustworthy.' I asked Mālik about these five. He said: 'They are not trustworthy in their Aḥādīth.' I asked him about another man whose name I have forgotten and he said: 'Have you seen him in my books?' I said: 'No.' He said: 'If he were trustworthy, you would have seen him in my books.'"

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وحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ أَنَسٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الَّذِي يَرْوِي عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، فَقَالَ: «لَيْسَ بِثِقَةٍ»، وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ صَالِحٍ، مَوْلَى التَّوْأَمَةِ، فَقَالَ: «لَيْسَ بِثِقَةٍ»، وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ أَبِي الْحُوَيْرِثِ، فَقَالَ: «لَيْسَ بِثِقَةٍ»، وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ الَّذِي رَوَى عَنْهُ ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، فَقَالَ: «لَيْسَ بِثِقَةٍ»، وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ حَرَامِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، فَقَالَ: «لَيْسَ بِثِقَةٍ»، وَسَأَلْتُ مَالِكًا عَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْخَمْسَةِ، فَقَالَ: «لَيْسُوا بِثِقَةٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِمْ»، وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ آخَرَ نَسِيتُ اسْمَهُ، فَقَالَ: «هَلْ رَأَيْتَهُ فِي كُتُبِي؟» قُلْتُ: لَا، قَالَ: «لَوْ كَانَ ثِقَةً لَرَأَيْتَهُ فِي كُتُبِي»

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