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abudawud:3587Aḥmad b. ʿAbdah al-Ḍabbī > Muʿādh b. Muʿādh

Abu 'Uthman al-Shami, whose name is Hariz bin 'Uthman, told me. I think I did not see anyone from Syria better than him.  

أبو داود:٣٥٨٧حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الضَّبِّيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ قَالَ

أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو عُثْمَانَ الشَّامِيُّ وَلاَ إِخَالُنِي رَأَيْتُ شَامِيًّا أَفْضَلَ مِنْهُ يَعْنِي حَرِيزَ بْنَ عُثْمَانَ