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وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُلْوَانِيُّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَفَّانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثْتُ حَمَّادَ بْنَ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ صَالِحٍ الْمُرِّيِّ بِحَدِيثٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، فَقَالَ: كَذَبَ. وَحَدَّثْتُ هَمَّامًا عَنْ صَالِحٍ الْمُرِّيِّ بِحَدِيثٍ، فَقَالَ: كَذَبَ.
Translation: Al-Ḥulwānī reports from ʿAffān: I mentioned to Ḥammād b. Salamah a report transmitted by Ṣāliḥ al-Murrī from Thābit; he said, “He lied.” I then related a report from Ṣāliḥ to Hammām, who likewise said, “He lied.”

Two specialists are quoted, but the text does not establish that they assessed the identical wording. The precise report and evidence underlying each judgment must not be conflated.

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Two Critical Judgments on Ṣāliḥ al-Murrī

Narrator Criticism: Teacher Verification, Conflicting Ascriptions and Claims of Hearing

وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُلْوَانِيُّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَفَّانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثْتُ حَمَّادَ بْنَ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ صَالِحٍ الْمُرِّيِّ بِحَدِيثٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، فَقَالَ: كَذَبَ. وَحَدَّثْتُ هَمَّامًا عَنْ صَالِحٍ الْمُرِّيِّ بِحَدِيثٍ، فَقَالَ: كَذَبَ.
Translation: Al-Ḥulwānī reports from ʿAffān: I mentioned to Ḥammād b. Salamah a report transmitted by Ṣāliḥ al-Murrī from Thābit; he said, “He lied.” I then related a report from Ṣāliḥ to Hammām, who likewise said, “He lied.”

Two specialists are quoted, but the text does not establish that they assessed the identical wording. The precise report and evidence underlying each judgment must not be conflated.