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I knew at once that his face could never be the face of a liar. This report was transmitted by several authorities—among them ʿAbd al-Wahhab al-Thaqafi, Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar, Ibn Abi ʿAdi, and Yahya ibn Saʿid—from ʿAwf ibn Abi Jamila.
عَرَفْتُ أَنَّ وَجْهَهُ لَيْسَ بِوَجْهٍ كَذَّابٍ. رَوَاهُ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ كَعَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيِّ، وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، وَابْنِ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، وَيَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ