حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، قَالَ: ذُكِرَ فَرْقَدٌ عِنْدَ أَيُّوبَ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ فَرْقَدًا لَيْسَ صَاحِبَ حَدِيثٍ.
Translation: Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm relates through Sulaymān b. Ḥarb and Ḥammād b. Zayd that when Farqad was mentioned before Ayyūb, he remarked: “Farqad is not a person of hadith.”
“Not a scholar of hadith” concerns competence and precision, not necessarily integrity. Al-Nawawī distinguishes Farqad’s reputation for asceticism from his standing in transmitting reports.