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وَحَدَّثَنِي الْفَضْلُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، وَكَانَ مُتَّهَمًا.
Translation: Al-Faḍl b. Sahl reports through Yaḥyā b. Maʿīn, Ḥajjāj, and Ibn Abī Dhiʾb from Shuraḥbīl b. Saʿd, who is described here as “accused” in transmission.

“He was accused” refers to Shuraḥbīl. The phrase records a critical assessment, not an independently documented act of fabrication for every narration attributed to him.

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The Criticism of Shuraḥbīl b. Saʿd

The Necessity and Boundaries of Narrator Criticism

وَحَدَّثَنِي الْفَضْلُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، وَكَانَ مُتَّهَمًا.
Translation: Al-Faḍl b. Sahl reports through Yaḥyā b. Maʿīn, Ḥajjāj, and Ibn Abī Dhiʾb from Shuraḥbīl b. Saʿd, who is described here as “accused” in transmission.

“He was accused” refers to Shuraḥbīl. The phrase records a critical assessment, not an independently documented act of fabrication for every narration attributed to him.