734 — Ali ibn Umar ibn Ibrahim informed us; Uthman ibn Ahmad narrated to us; Abd al-Karim ibn al-Haytham narrated to us; Sa'id ibn al-Mughirah al-Sayyad narrated to us; Makhlad ibn al-Husayn narrated to us; al-Awza'i said:

“O Abu Muhammad, when a hadith from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, reaches you, do not suppose anything other than it, for Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, conveyed from his Lord.”