al-Naqūr informed us; ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar al-Ḥarbī narrated to us; al-Ṣūfī then transmitted it and cited the whole report.

I am astonished at Abū Zakariyyā (1) and his critical judgment: how can he deem it lawful to relate a report like this and yet remain silent about exposing its weakness?!

Ibn Ḥibbān and Ibn ʿAdī each set out a number of ḥadiths that he alone transmitted—every one of them objectionable (2).

Abū Muḥammad ibn Abī Ḥātim said: “Among those who narrated from ʿAbd Allah ibn Ṣāliḥ were al-Layth, Ibn Wahb, and Duḥaym” (3).

Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥakam said: “I heard my father—when he was asked about ʿAbd Allah ibn Ṣāliḥ—say: ‘Are you asking me about the man closest to al-Layth, a man who was with him night and day, in journey and at home, who was often alone with him? It is therefore not surprising that such a person should transmit abundantly from al-Layth.’” (4)

My father, Abū Ḥātim, said: “He is trustworthy, truthful, as far as I know” (5).

Saʿīd ibn ʿUfayr, the scholar of Egypt, also spoke well of ʿAbd Allah (6).

ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Shuʿayb ibn al-Layth said: “He is reliable and trustworthy; he heard my grandfather’s ḥadiths, and my father used to encourage him to transmit them” (7).