صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
مقدمة
Introduction
باب الْكَشْفِ عَنْ مَعَايِبِ رُوَاةِ الْحَدِيثِ وَنَقَلَةِ الأَخْبَارِ وَقَوْلِ الأَئِمَّةِ فِي ذَلِكَ
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Hadith 7
This hadith is listed as number 40 in Maktaba Shamila
وحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَتَّابٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي عَفَّانُ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : لَمْ نَرَ الصَّالِحِينَ فِي شَيْءٍ ، أَكْذَبَ مِنْهُمْ فِي الْحَدِيثِ ، قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عَتَّابٍ : فَلَقِيتُ أَنَا مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانِ ، فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْهُ ، فَقَالَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ : لَمْ تَرَ أَهْلَ الْخَيْرِ فِي شَيْءٍ ، أَكْذَبَ مِنْهُمْ فِي الْحَدِيثِ ، قَالَ مُسْلِم : يَقُولُ : يَجْرِي الْكَذِبُ عَلَى لِسَانِهِمْ ، وَلَا يَتَعَمَّدُونَ الْكَذِبَ
Muhammad bin Abī Attāb narrated to me, he said Affān narrated to me, on authority of Muhammad bin Yahyā bin Sa’īd al-Qattān, on authority of his father, he said: ‘We do not see the righteous more false in anything than they are regarding Ḥadīth’. Ibn Abī Attāb said: ‘So Muhammad bin Yahyā bin Sa’īd al-Qattān and I met and I asked him about it and he said on authority of his father: ‘You will not see the people of good (Ahl ul-Khayr) more false in anything than they are regarding Ḥadīth.’ Muslim said: ‘He was saying that falsehood flows upon their tongues although they do not intend to lie’.
