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وَحَدَّثَنِي حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ، حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ، قَالَ: قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: وَقَدْ لَقِيتُ شَهْرًا فَلَمْ أَعْتَدَّ بِهِ.
Translation: Ḥajjāj ibn al-Shāʿir narrated to me; Shabābah narrated to us. He said: Shuʿbah said, “I met Shahr, but did not regard him as someone to be counted upon [in hadith].”

This records Shuʿbah’s own critical appraisal. It should not be presented as every scholar’s identical conclusion; a responsible assessment examines its basis alongside other established appraisals.

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Shuʿbah’s personal appraisal of Shahr

Narrator Criticism, Integrity and Precision: Standards of Scholarly Appraisal

وَحَدَّثَنِي حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ، حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ، قَالَ: قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: وَقَدْ لَقِيتُ شَهْرًا فَلَمْ أَعْتَدَّ بِهِ.
Translation: Ḥajjāj ibn al-Shāʿir narrated to me; Shabābah narrated to us. He said: Shuʿbah said, “I met Shahr, but did not regard him as someone to be counted upon [in hadith].”

This records Shuʿbah’s own critical appraisal. It should not be presented as every scholar’s identical conclusion; a responsible assessment examines its basis alongside other established appraisals.