LessonsReports of ʿAmr ibn ʿUbayd: Attribution, Conflicting Accounts and Evidence of CriticismQuiz

وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، قَالَ: كَانَ رَجُلٌ قَدْ لَزِمَ أَيُّوبَ وَسَمِعَ مِنْهُ، فَفَقَدَهُ أَيُّوبُ، فَقَالُوا: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، إِنَّهُ قَدْ لَزِمَ عَمْرَو بْنَ عُبَيْدٍ.
Translation: ʿUbayd Allāh al-Qawārīrī reports from Ḥammād b. Zayd that a man had attended Ayyūb and heard from him, but later disappeared from his circle. People explained that he was now studying with ʿAmr b. ʿUbayd.

The report first establishes a change in study affiliation, not the independent weakness of a specific narration. Ayyūb’s concern is made explicit in the continuation.

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Reports of ʿAmr ibn ʿUbayd: Attribution, Conflicting Accounts and Evidence of Criticism

وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، قَالَ: كَانَ رَجُلٌ قَدْ لَزِمَ أَيُّوبَ وَسَمِعَ مِنْهُ، فَفَقَدَهُ أَيُّوبُ، فَقَالُوا: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، إِنَّهُ قَدْ لَزِمَ عَمْرَو بْنَ عُبَيْدٍ.
Translation: ʿUbayd Allāh al-Qawārīrī reports from Ḥammād b. Zayd that a man had attended Ayyūb and heard from him, but later disappeared from his circle. People explained that he was now studying with ʿAmr b. ʿUbayd.

The report first establishes a change in study affiliation, not the independent weakness of a specific narration. Ayyūb’s concern is made explicit in the continuation.