Sahih Muslim Hadith 19 – The Prohibition Of

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[19] It was narrated that Tâwüs said: "This man" – meaning Bushair bin Ka'b – "came to Ibn 'Abbâs and started telling him something. Ibn 'Abbâs said to him: 'Repeat to me the report of so-and-so.' He repeated it to him, and he said to him: 'Repeat to me the report of so-and-so.' He repeated it to him, and said: 'I do not know (what is your intention). Do you approve of everything else I say, and have a problem with this one? Or do you have a problem with everything I say and approve only of this one?' Ibn 'Abbâs said to him: 'We used to narrate from the Messenger of Allah ç when there were no lies that had been fabricated against him, but when the people rode high and low ,Ill we stopped narrating from him." Meaning they started to narrate a great deal from here and there without ascertaining their authenticity.