Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 36589 — Accounts

Hammam said: Abu Dawud, who was blind, went to Qatadah. When he left him, the people said to Qatadah: This man narrates from eighteen Companions who fought at Badr (may Allah be pleased with them). Qatadah said: Before the devastating plague, this man was one who used to beg. He knows nothing about this. By Allah, al-Hasan and Sa'id bin al-Musayyib did not narrate face to face from any Companion who fought at Badr, except Sa'id, who narrates from Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him).