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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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[38] Muḥammad bin ‘Abdullāh bin Quhzādḥ - from the people of Mar, narrated to me, he said: ‘Alī bin Ḥusain bin Wāqid said: ‘Abdullāh bin Al-Mubārak said: “I said to Sufyān Ath-Thawrī: ‘Abbād bin Kathīr is one whose situation you know about. When he narrates a report he makes serious mistakes. Do you think that I should tell the people not to accept reports from him?’ Sufyān said: ‘Yes.’ ‘Abdullāh said: ‘If I was in a gathering where mention was made of ‘Abbād, I would praise him for his religion, but I would say: “Do not accept reports from him.”’ Muḥammad narrated to us: ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Uthmān said: My father said: “‘Abdullāh bin Al-Mubārak said: I went to Shu‘bah and he said: ‘This is ‘Abbād bin Kathīr - beware of him.”’

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وحَدَّثَنِي حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ، حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ، قَالَ: قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: «وَقَدْ لَقِيتُ شَهْرًا فَلَمْ أَعْتَدَّ بِهِ» وحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ قُهْزَاذَ، مِنْ أَهْلِ مَرْوَ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ: قُلْتُ لِسُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ: " إِنَّ عَبَّادَ بْنَ كَثِيرٍ مَنْ تَعْرِفُ حَالَهُ، وَإِذَا حَدَّثَ جَاءَ بِأَمْرٍ عَظِيمٍ، فَتَرَى أَنْ أَقُولَ لِلنَّاسِ: لَا تَأْخُذُوا عَنْهُ؟ " قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: «بَلَى»، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: فَكُنْتُ إِذَا كُنْتُ فِي مَجْلِسٍ ذُكِرَ فِيهِ عَبَّادٌ، أَثْنَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ فِي دِينِهِ، وَأَقُولُ: «لَا تَأْخُذُوا عَنْهُ» وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، قَالَ: قَالَ أَبِي، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ: انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى شُعْبَةَ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، فَاحْذَرُوهُ وحَدَّثَنِي الْفَضْلُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ مُعَلًّى الرَّازِيَّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، الَّذِي رَوَى عَنْهُ عَبَّادٌ، فَأَخْبَرَنِي عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ يُونُسَ، قَالَ: «كُنْتُ عَلَى بَابِهِ، وَسُفْيَانُ عِنْدَهُ، فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْهُ، فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُ كَذَّابٌ»

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