وَحَدَّثَنِي حَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحُلْوَانِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَخْبَرَنَا هَمَّامٌ، قَالَ: دَخَلَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ الْأَعْمَى عَلَى قَتَادَةَ، فَلَمَّا قَامَ قَالُوا: إِنَّ هَذَا يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ لَقِيَ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ بَدْرِيًّا. فَقَالَ قَتَادَةُ: هَذَا كَانَ سَائِلًا قَبْلَ الْجَارِفِ، لَا يَعْرِضُ لِشَيْءٍ مِنْ هَذَا، وَلَا يَتَكَلَّمُ فِيهِ. فَوَاللَّهِ مَا حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ عَنْ بَدْرِيٍّ مُشَافَهَةً، وَلَا حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ بَدْرِيٍّ مُشَافَهَةً، إِلَّا عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ.
Translation: Al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī al-Ḥulwānī said: Yazīd b. Hārūn narrated to us, and Hammām informed us: “Abū Dāwūd al-Aʿmā entered upon Qatādah. When he had risen to leave, they said: ‘This man claims to have met eighteen veterans of Badr.’ Qatādah replied: ‘Before al-Jārif this man used to beg; he did not bring up any of these matters or speak about them. By Allah, al-Ḥasan never narrated to us face-to-face from a veteran of Badr, nor did Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib narrate to us face-to-face from a veteran of Badr, except from Saʿd b. Mālik.’”
«فَوَاللَّهِ» preserves Qatādah’s oath, while «لَا يَعْرِضُ لِشَيْءٍ مِنْ هَذَا، وَلَا يَتَكَلَّمُ فِيهِ» contrasts the man’s earlier known circumstances with his later expansive claim. «مُشَافَهَةً» means direct, face-to-face transmission. The final exception applies specifically to Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib, and al-Nawawī identifies «Saʿd b. Mālik» as the Companion Saʿd b. Abī Waqqāṣ.