حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَی وَهُوَ ابْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَی قَالَ لَقِيتُ طَاوُسًا فَقُلْتُ حَدَّثَنِي فُلَانٌ کَيْتَ وَکَيْتَ قَالَ إِنْ کَانَ صَاحِبُکَ مَلِيًّا فَخُذْ عَنْهُ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 28
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’.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020