حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ، قَالَ : ذُكِرَ فَرْقَد عِنْدَ أَيُّوبَ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّ فَرْقَدًا ، لَيْسَ صَاحِبَ حَدِيثٍ ،
Ahmad bin Ibrāhīm narrated to me, he said, Sulaymān bin Harb narrated to me, on authority of Hammād bin Zayd, he said, Farqad was mentioned near Ayyūb, so he said: ‘Indeed Farqad is not a companion of Ḥadīth’.