‘I came across Tāwus and said: ‘So-and-so narrated to me such-and-such’. Then he said: ‘If your companion is trustworthy, then take from him.’ (Using translation from Muslim i020)  

«إِنْ كَانَ صَاحِبُكَ مَلِيًّا فَخُذْ عَنْهُ»  

‘There is to be no narrating on authority of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah send blessings and peace upon him, except by trustworthy narrators (Thiqāt)’. (Using translation from Muslim i023)  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَّا الثِّقَاتُ»  

[Machine] Regarding the Isnad (the chain of narrators), then they asked afterwards to know who was the companion of the Sunnah from whom they took, and who was not the companion of the Sunnah from whom they did not take. Abu Muhammad said, "I do not think he heard it from Asim."  

عَنِ الْإِسْنَادِ ثُمَّ سَأَلُوا بَعْدُ لِيَعْرِفُوا مَنْ كَانَ صَاحِبَ سُنَّةٍ أَخَذُوا عَنْهُ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ صَاحِبَ سُنَّةٍ لَمْ يَأْخُذُوا عَنْهُ» قَالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ «مَا أَظُنُّهُ سَمِعَهُ مِنْ عَاصِمٍ»  

[Machine] "Tell me about two men who do not care about whoever takes their conversation," said Abu Muhammad Abdullah. "I don't think he heard it."  

تُحَدِّثْنِي عَنْ رَجُلَيْنِ فَإِنَّهُمَا لَا يُبَالِيَانِ عَمَّنْ أَخَذَا حَدِيثَهُمَا» قَالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ «لَا أَظُنُّهُ سَمِعَهُ»  

[Machine] Ibrahim said, "If you speak to me, then tell me about Abu Zur'ah; he narrated to me a story. Then after that, I asked him about a year, but not a single word was omitted from it."  

قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ «إِذَا حَدَّثْتَنِي فَحَدِّثْنِي عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ فَإِنَّهُ حَدَّثَنِي بِحَدِيثٍ ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِسَنَةٍ فَمَا خَرمَ مِنْهُا حَرْفًا»  

[Machine] This knowledge is a religion, so let the person consider from whom they take their religion.  

«إِنَّ هَذَا الْعِلْمَ دِينٌ فَلْيَنْظُرِ الرَّجُلُ عَمَّنْ يَأْخُذُ دِينَهُ»  

[Machine] "They look at him, his prayer, his direction, and his appearance."  

عَنْهُ نَظَرُوا إِلَى صَلَاتِهِ وَإِلَى سَمْتِهِ وَإِلَى هَيْئَتِهِ»  

[Machine] "They sought knowledge from him, observed his prayer, his direction, and his appearance, and then they took from him."  

عَنْهُ الْعِلْمَ نَظَرُوا إِلَى صَلَاتِهِ وَإِلَى سَمْتِهِ وَإِلَى هَيْئَتِهِ ثُمَّ يَأْخُذُونَ عَنْهُ»  

[Machine] Regarding Hasan, it is similar to the hadith of Ibrahim.  

عَنِ الْحَسَنِ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ  

[Machine] From him, we observe when he prays. If he performs it excellently, we sit with him and say, "He performs it better than others." And if he performs it poorly, we stand away from him and say, "He performs it worse than others." Abu Ma'mar said that his statement is like this.  

عَنْهُ فَنَنْظُرُ إِذَا صَلَّى فَإِنْ أَحْسَنَهَا جَلَسْنَا إِلَيْهِ وَقُلْنَا هُوَ لِغَيْرِهَا أَحْسَنُ وَإِنْ أَسَاءَهَا قُمْنَا عَنْهُ وَقُلْنَا هُوَ لِغَيْرِهَا أسْوأُ قَالَ أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ لَفْظُهُ نَحْوُ هَذَا  

[Machine] "I do not know if I heard it from him or from Ibn 'Awn about Muhammad, 'Indeed, this knowledge is a religion, so be careful who you take your religion from.'"  

لَا أَدْرِي سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ أَوْ لابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ «إِنَّ هَذَا الْعِلْمَ دِينٌ فَانْظُرُوا عَمَّنْ تَأْخُذُونَ دِينَكُمْ»  

‘I came across Tāwus and said: ‘So-and-so narrated to me such-and-such’. Then he said: ‘If your companion is trustworthy, then take from him.’ (Using translation from Muslim i020)  

«فَإِنْ كَانَ صَاحِبُكَ مَلِيًّا فَخُذْ عَنْهُ»  

[Machine] Do you know my entire conversation and deny it, or do you know this and deny my entire conversation? Ibn Abbas said, "We used to relate from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he was not accused of lying. But when people faced difficulties and humiliation, we stopped narrating from him."  

لَهُ بُشَيْرٌ مَا أَدْرِي عَرَفْتَ حَدِيثِي كُلَّهُ وَأَنْكَرْتَ هَذَا أَوْ عَرَفْتَ هَذَا وَأَنْكَرْتَ حَدِيثِي كُلَّهُ؟ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ «إِنَّا كُنَّا نُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُكْذَبُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا رَكِبَ النَّاسُ الصَّعْبَ وَالذَّلُولَ تَرَكْنَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْهُ»  

[Machine] "From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , until you bear hardship and humiliation."  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى رَكِبْتُمُ الصَّعْبَةَ وَالذَّلُولَ»  

[Machine] "That demons appear, which Solomon ﷺ has bound, to teach people about religion."  

أَنْ يَظْهَرَ شَيَاطِينُ قَدْ أَوْثَقَهَا سُلَيْمَانُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يُفَقِّهُونَ النَّاسَ فِي الدِّينِ»  

[Machine] "Consider from whom you take this narration, for it is your religion."  

«انْظُرُوا عَمَّنْ تَأْخُذُونَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فَإِنَّهُ دِينُكُمْ»