815 - Abd al-Malik al-Maymuni informed us, saying: We were discussing the hadith of al-A'mash and what he makes mistakes in, and what is seen of those obscure matters. I said: "O Abu Abd Allah, is it along with this?" He said to me: "Yes, that is, it is established." And Abu Abd Allah said to me: "It is not appropriate for you to hear them. It reached Yahya ibn Sa'id that Ghundar had narrated something from Shu'bah concerning this story, so our companions went to him, but I did not go. Yahya said: 'What compelled him to narrate it? Perhaps a man has made a mistake in something and narrated it, so he narrates it on his authority.'"
٨١٥ - أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ الْمَيْمُونِيُّ، قَالَ: تَذَاكَرْنَا حَدِيثَ الْأَعْمَشِ وَمَا يَغْلَطُ فِيهِ، وَمَا يَرَى مِنْ تِلْكَ الْأَشْيَاءِ الْمُظْلِمَةِ، قُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مَعَ هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ لِي: هَا أَيْ يَثْبُتُ، وَقَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: مَا يَنْبَغِي لَكَ أَنْ تَسْمَعَهَا، لَقَدْ بَلَغَ يَحْيَى بْنَ سَعِيدٍ أَنَّ غُنْدَرَ حَدَّثَ بِشَيْءٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْقِصَّةِ، فَذَهَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَصْحَابُنَا، وَلَمْ أَذْهَبْ أَنَا، فَقَالَ يَحْيَى: مَا حَمَلَهُ عَلَى أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ بِهَا، لَعَلَّ رَجُلًا قَدْ غَلَطَ فِي شَيْءٍ فَحَدَّثَ بِهِ، يُحَدِّثُ بِهِ عَنْهُ
