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The Prohibition Of Narrating From Da'îf (Weak) Narrators, And Being Cautious With Them

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Darussalam · Volume 1

Introduction by Imâm Muslim

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الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 12

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[19] It was narrated that Tâwûs said: "This man" - meaning Bushair bin Ka'b - "came to Ibn 'Abbâs and started telling him something. Ibn 'Abbâs said to him: 'Repeat to me the report of so-and-so.' He repeated it to him, and he said to him: 'Repeat to me the report of so-and-so.' He repeated it to him, and said: 'I do not know (what is your intention). Do you approve of everything else I say, and have a problem with this one? Or do you have a problem with everything I say and approve only of this one?'" Ibn 'Abbâs said to him: 'We used to narrate from the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ when there were no lies that had been fabricated against him, but when the people rode high and low,[1] we stopped narrating from him.'" [1] Meaning they started to narrate a great deal from here and there without ascertaining their authenticity.

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وحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ، وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْأَشْعَثِيُّ جَمِيعًا عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ، قَالَ سَعِيدٌ: أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حُجَيْرٍ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، قَالَ: جَاءَ هَذَا إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ - يَعْنِي بُشَيْرَ بْنَ كَعْبٍ - فَجَعَلَ يُحَدِّثُهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: عُدْ لِحَدِيثِ كَذَا وَكَذَا ، فَعَادَ لَهُ، ثُمَّ حَدَّثَهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: عُدْ لِحَدِيثِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَعَادَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: مَا أَدْرِي أَعَرَفْتَ حَدِيثِي كُلَّهُ، وَأَنْكَرْتَ هَذَا؟ أَمْ أَنْكَرْتَ حَدِيثِي كُلَّهُ، وَعَرَفْتَ هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: «إِنَّا كُنَّا نُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُكْذَبُ عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا رَكِبَ النَّاسُ الصَّعْبَ وَالذَّلُولَ، تَرَكْنَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْهُ»

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