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 84 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ وَحَسَنٌ الْحُلْوَانِيُّ كِلَاهُمَا ، عَنْ عَفَّانَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ ، قَالَ : كُنَّا عِنْدَ إِسْمَاعِيل ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ ، فَحَدَّثَ رَجُلٌ عَنْ رَجُلٍ ، فَقُلْتُ : إِنَّ هَذَا لَيْسَ بِثَبْتٍ ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ : اغْتَبْتَهُ ؟ قَالَ إِسْمَاعِيل : مَا اغْتَابَهُ ، وَلَكِنَّهُ حَكَمَ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِثَبْتٍ.
Amr bin Alī and Hasan al-Hulwānī narrated to me, both of them on authority of Affān bin Muslim, he said: ‘We were near Ismā’īl bin Ulayyah, and a man narrated on authority of another man, so I said: ‘Indeed this is not reliable (Thabt)’. So the man said: ‘Are you backbiting him?’ Ismā’īl said: ‘He is not backbiting him; rather he is judging him unreliable’.
