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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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[33] It was narrated that Abū ‘Aqīl, the companion of Buhayyah said:[1] “I was sitting with Al-Qāsim bin ‘Ubaidullāh and Yahyā bin Sa‘eed. Yahyā said to Al-Qāsim: ‘O Abū Muḥammad! How grave it is for a great man like you to be asked a question about this religion and you have no knowledge of it and no answer.’ Al-Qāsim said to him: ‘Why is that?’ He said: ‘Because you are the son of two Imām of guidance, the son of Abū Bakr and ‘Umar.’ Al-Qāsim said to him: ‘What is worse than that is one who knows about Allāh but speaks without knowledge, or accepts a report from one who is not trustworthy.’ He fell silent and did not answer him.”

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وحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّضْرِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو النَّضْرِ هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَقِيلٍ، صَاحِبُ بُهَيَّةَ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ، وَيَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، فَقَالَ يَحْيَى لِلْقَاسِمِ: يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ إِنَّهُ قَبِيحٌ عَلَى مِثْلِكَ، عَظِيمٌ أَنْ تُسْأَلَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ مِنْ أَمْرِ هَذَا الدِّينِ، فَلَا يُوجَدَ عِنْدَكَ مِنْهُ عِلْمٌ، وَلَا فَرَجٌ - أَوْ عِلْمٌ، وَلَا مَخْرَجٌ - فَقَالَ لَهُ الْقَاسِمُ: وَعَمَّ ذَاكَ؟، قَالَ: لِأَنَّكَ ابْنُ إِمَامَيْ هُدًى. ابْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرَ، قَالَ: يَقُولُ لَهُ الْقَاسِمُ: أَقْبَحُ مِنْ ذَاكَ عِنْدَ مَنْ عَقَلَ عَنِ اللهِ أَنْ أَقُولَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ، أَوْ آخُذَ عَنْ غَيْرُ ثِقَةٍ، قَالَ: فَسَكَتَ فَمَا أَجَابَهُ

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    [1] He was her freed slave, and his name is Yahyā bin Al-Mutawakkil.