وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ أَنَسٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الَّذِي يَرْوِي عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، فَقَالَ: لَيْسَ بِثِقَةٍ. وَسَأَلْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ أَنَسٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحُوَيْرِثِ، فَقَالَ: لَيْسَ بِثِقَةٍ. وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ الَّذِي رَوَى عَنْهُ ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، فَقَالَ: لَيْسَ بِثِقَةٍ.
Translation: Abū Jaʿfar al-Dārimī narrated from Bishr b. ʿUmar: Bishr asked Mālik b. Anas about Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, who reports from Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib; Mālik answered, “He is not trustworthy.” Bishr also asked him about Abū al-Ḥuwayrith, and Mālik answered, “He is not trustworthy.” Then he asked about the Shuʿbah from whom Ibn Abī Dhiʾb narrated; Mālik again answered, “He is not trustworthy.”
These are three distinct inquiries, each answered with a judgment of non-reliability in transmission. The assessment concerns hadith evidence, not automatically every aspect of the person; its grounds and corroboration remain subjects of scholarly inquiry.