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bayhaqi:20903Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ b. Hāniʾ > Abū ʿAmr al-Mustamlī > al-Ḥusayn b. Manṣūr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Yuktab al-ʿIlm

[Machine] Regarding the followers of desires, their testimonies are valid as long as they do not call others to it. But if they call others to it, their testimonies will not be written or accepted. This refers to the recording of knowledge and news.  

البيهقي:٢٠٩٠٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ صَالِحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَمْرٍو الْمُسْتَمْلِيَ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ الْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ مَنْصُورٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ مَهْدِيٍّ يَقُولُ يُكْتَبُ الْعِلْمُ

عَنْ أَصْحَابِ الْأَهْوَاءِ وَتَجُوزُ شَهَادَاتُهُمْ مَا لَمْ يَدْعُوا إِلَيْهِ فَإِذَا دَعَوْا إِلَيْهِ لَمْ يُكْتَبْ عَنْهُمْ وَلَمْ تَجُزْ شَهَادَاتُهُمْ يُرِيدُ بِكَتَبَةِ الْعِلْمِ الْأَخْبَارَ