قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: فَبَلَغَنَا بَعْدُ أَنَّهُ يَرْوِي، فَأَتَيْنَاهُ أَنَا وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، فَقَالَ: أَتُوبُ. ثُمَّ كَانَ بَعْدُ يُحَدِّثُ، فَتَرَكْنَاهُ.
Translation: Abū Dāwūd says they later heard Ziyād was transmitting again. He and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān returned; Ziyād said, “I repent.” He nevertheless continued transmitting afterward, so they abandoned taking reports from him.
Religious repentance and establishing a reliable hadith transmission are distinct questions. The repeated conduct, read together with the earlier admission, led these specialists to stop receiving his reports.