Raja' bin Haywah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that he heard Maslamah bin Mukhallad say: "When I was governor of Egypt, the doorkeeper came one day and said: A bedouin on a camel is at the door asking permission to enter. I asked: Who are you? He said: I am Jabir bin Abdullah al-Ansari." Maslamah said: "I looked down at him from above and said: Shall I come down to you, or will you come up?" Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Neither come down, nor shall I come up. I have learned that you narrate a hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about covering the faults of a believer; I have come to hear it." I said: "I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Whoever covers the faults of a believer, it is as if he has brought back to life a girl who was buried alive.'" (On hearing this) Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) turned his camel around and went back.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith was narrated from Raja' bin Haywah only by Abu Sinan, and Ibn Aishah is alone in narrating it."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الميم / 8133
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف لضعف أبي سنان القسملي
Hadith Takhrij«قال الهيثمي: فيه أبو سنان القسملي وثقه ابن حبان وابن خراش في رواية وضعفه أحمد والبخاري ويحيى بن معين «مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد، ج 1، ص 134»» «أخرجه الطبراني فى «الأوسط» برقم: 4992، 6152، 8085»