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72 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us and said: al-Faḍl ibn Sahl related to me, and Suraij ibn al-Nuʿmān [also], and al-Muʿāfā ibn ʿImrān transmitted to us, from Bakr ibn Khunays, from a man, from al-Ḥasan, who said: “Whoever lacks the intellect that governs him will derive no benefit from the multitude of others’ narrations.”
٧٢ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي الْفَضْلُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ، وَحَدَّثَنِي سُرَيْجُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ، وَثَنَا الْمُعَافَى بْنُ عِمْرَانَ، عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ خُنَيْسٍ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، قَالَ: «مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ عَقْلٌ يَسُوسُهُ لَمْ يَنْتَفِعْ بِكَثْرَةِ رِوَايَاتِ الرِّجَالِ»