Ikrimah said: Umm Habibah had a prolonged flow of blood ; her husband used to cohabit with her. Abu Dawud said: Yahya bin Main has pronounced Mu'alla (a narrator of this tradition) as trustworthy. But Ahmad bin Hanbal would not report (traditions) from him because he exercised personal opinion.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
309. Commentary:
It is mentioned in the introduction to Fath al-Bari that they would narrate only those ahadith which were in accordance with opinion and analogy, and they would also make mistakes.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 309