حَدَّثَنِي حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ أَيُّوبُ : إِنَّ لِي جَارًا ، ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ ، وَلَوْ شَهِدَ عِنْدِي عَلَى تَمْرَتَيْنِ ، مَا رَأَيْتُ شَهَادَتَهُ جَائِزَةً ،
Hajjāj bin ash-Shā’ir narrated to me, Sulaymān bin Harb narrated to us, Hammād bin Zayd narrated to us, he said, Ayyūb said: ‘Indeed I have a neighbor’ and he mentioned some of his virtues, [and continued] ‘…even if he testified to me about two dates I would not see his testimony as permissible’.