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‘Baqiyyah [bin al-Walīd] is truthful of tongue however he transmits [Ḥadīth] from those who approach [the Muhaddithīn, i.e. are trustworthy] and from those who turn their backs on [the Muhaddithīn, i.e. and are weak]’.  

مسلم:i٠٤٠حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ قُهْزَاذَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ وَهْبًا يَقُولُ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ

بَقِيَّةُ صَدُوقُ اللِّسَانِ وَلَكِنَّهُ يَأْخُذُ عَمَّنْ أَقْبَلَ وَأَدْبَرَ