حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ وَحَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ قَالَ مَعْمَرٌ مَا رَأَيْتُ أَيُّوبَ اغْتَابَ أَحَدًا قَطُّ إِلَّا عَبْدَ الْکَرِيمِ يَعْنِي أَبَا أُمَيَّةَ فَإِنَّهُ ذَکَرَهُ فَقَالَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ کَانَ غَيْرَ ثِقَةٍ لَقَدْ سَأَلَنِي عَنْ حَدِيثٍ لِعِکْرِمَةَ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عِکْرِمَةَ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 62
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’.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020