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وَحَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَزْدِيُّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّزَّاقِ يَقُولُ: مَا رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ يُفْصِحُ بِقَوْلِهِ كَذَّابٌ إِلَّا لِعَبْدِ الْقُدُّوسِ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ لَهُ: كَذَّابٌ.
Translation: Aḥmad b. Yūsuf al-Azdī reports that ʿAbd al-Razzāq said: “I have not seen Ibn al-Mubārak explicitly call anyone a liar except ʿAbd al-Quddūs; I myself heard him say to him: ‘You are a liar.’”

This is an expressly attributed criticism of an identified transmitter. It clarifies why unmasking “Abū Saʿīd” in the previous report mattered. Quoting the historical critic’s judgment is distinct from making a new unsupported allegation.

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Ibn al-Mubārak’s Explicit Charge

Narrator Criticism: Corruption, Concealed Sources and Chronological Testing

وَحَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَزْدِيُّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّزَّاقِ يَقُولُ: مَا رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ يُفْصِحُ بِقَوْلِهِ كَذَّابٌ إِلَّا لِعَبْدِ الْقُدُّوسِ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ لَهُ: كَذَّابٌ.
Translation: Aḥmad b. Yūsuf al-Azdī reports that ʿAbd al-Razzāq said: “I have not seen Ibn al-Mubārak explicitly call anyone a liar except ʿAbd al-Quddūs; I myself heard him say to him: ‘You are a liar.’”

This is an expressly attributed criticism of an identified transmitter. It clarifies why unmasking “Abū Saʿīd” in the previous report mattered. Quoting the historical critic’s judgment is distinct from making a new unsupported allegation.