وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدَّارِمِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَرْوَانُ، يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ الدِّمَشْقِيَّ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِطَاوُسٍ: إِنَّ فُلَانًا حَدَّثَنِي بِكَذَا وَكَذَا. قَالَ: «إِنْ كَانَ صَاحِبُكَ مَلِيًّا فَخُذْ عَنْهُ».
Translation: ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Dārimī told us: Marwān—that is, Ibn Muḥammad al-Dimashqī—informed us: Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz told us, from Sulaymān b. Mūsā, who said: “I said to Ṭāwūs, ‘So-and-so has narrated such-and-such to me.’ He answered, ‘If your informant is reliable and capable, take from him.’”
The routes share Sulaymān b. Mūsā → Ṭāwūs, while their earlier transmitters differ. Multiple routes can aid comparison, but their evidentiary value depends on genuine independence and reliability rather than merely the number of chains.