صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
مقدمة
Introduction
باب فِي أَنَّ الإِسْنَادَ مِنَ الدِّينِ وَأَنَّ الرِّوَايَةَ لَا تَكُونُ إِلَّا عَنْ الثِّقَاتِ وَأَنَّ جَرْحَ الرُّوَاةِ بِمَا هُوَ فِيهِمْ جَائِزٌ بَلْ وَاجِبٌ وَأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ الْغِيبَةِ الْمُحَرَّمَةِ بَلْ مِنْ الذَّبِّ عَنْ الشَّرِيعَةِ الْمُكَرَّمَةِ
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Hadith 7
This hadith is listed as number 27 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيل بْنُ زَكَرِيَّاءَ ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الأَحْوَل ، عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ ، قَالَ : لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَسْأَلُونَ عَنِ الإِسْنَادِ ، فَلَمَّا وَقَعَتِ الْفِتْنَةُ ، قَالُوا : سَمُّوا لَنَا رِجَالَكُمْ ، فَيُنْظَرُ إِلَى أَهْلِ السُّنَّةِ ، فَيُؤْخَذُ حَدِيثُهُمْ ، وَيُنْظَرُ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْبِدَعِ ، فَلَا يُؤْخَذُ حَدِيثُهُمْ
Abū Ja’far Muhammad bin us-Sabbāh narrated to us, Ismā’īl bin Zakariyyā’ narrated to us, on authority of Āsim il-Ahwal, on authority of Ibn Sīrīn that he said: ‘They would not ask about the chains of narration, and when the Fitnah occurred, they said: ‘Name for us your men’. So Ahl us-Sunnah would be regarded, and their Ḥadīth were then taken, and Ahl ul-Bi’dah would be regarded, and their Ḥadīth were not taken’.
