وَحَدَّثَنِي سَلَمَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ جَابِرًا يُحَدِّثُ بِنَحْوٍ مِنْ ثَلَاثِينَ أَلْفَ حَدِيثٍ، مَا أَسْتَحِلُّ أَنْ أَذْكُرَ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا، وَأَنَّ لِي كَذَا وَكَذَا.
Translation: Through Salamah, al-Ḥumaydī and Sufyān: Sufyān said he heard Jābir relate approximately thirty thousand reports, but would not deem it permissible to repeat any of them, however much he might gain.
«مَا أَسْتَحِلُّ» expresses Sufyān’s strong judgment about his own transmission of the material. It is not a text-by-text authenticity inventory of the alleged thirty thousand reports. The expression «وَأَنَّ لِي كَذَا وَكَذَا» deliberately leaves any amount unspecified.