وَحَدَّثَنِي سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ: كَانَ النَّاسُ يَحْمِلُونَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُظْهِرَ مَا أَظْهَرَ، فَلَمَّا أَظْهَرَ مَا أَظْهَرَ اتَّهَمَهُ النَّاسُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ وَتَرَكَهُ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: وَمَا أَظْهَرَ؟ قَالَ: الْإِيمَانَ بِالرَّجْعَةِ.
Translation: Through Salamah b. Shabīb, al-Ḥumaydī and Sufyān: People used to transmit from Jābir before his stated view became public. Once it became public, people came to suspect his reliability in transmitting hadith, and some people stopped transmitting from him. Asked what appeared, Sufyān replied: belief in rajʿah.
The qualification «بَعْضُ النَّاسِ» (“some people”) is substantive; it must not be converted into a claim of unanimous abandonment. Jarīr’s own choice and Sufyān’s broader historical description are related but distinct kinds of evidence. In this al-Ḥumaydī route, the Sufyān named is Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah, not Sufyān al-Thawrī.