حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَتَّابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَفَّانُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَی بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ لَمْ نَرَ الصَّالِحِينَ فِي شَيْئٍ أَکْذَبَ مِنْهُمْ فِي الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عَتَّابٍ فَلَقِيتُ أَنَا مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ يَحْيَی بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ لَمْ تَرَ أَهْلَ الْخَيْرِ فِي شَيْئٍ أَکْذَبَ مِنْهُمْ فِي الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ مُسْلِم يَقُولُ يَجْرِي الْکَذِبُ عَلَی لِسَانِهِمْ وَلَا يَتَعَمَّدُونَ الْکَذِبَ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 40
Al-Faḍl bin Sahl narrated to me, he said, I asked Mu’allā ar-Rāzī about Muhammad bin Sa’īd whom Abbād transmitted from, so he informed me about what Īsā bin Yūnus said: ‘I was at his door and Sufyān was with [Muhammad bin Sa’īd], then when he came out I asked [Sufyān] about him. So he informed me that he was a liar.’
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020