Abū ʿĀṣim (as printed)

Al-Faḍl ibn Bassām al-Bukhārī, ʿAlī ibn al-Farazdaq al-Marwazī, and ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Kassī related to us. They said: al-ʿAbbās ibn Muḥammad related to us. He said: Abū ʿĀṣim related to us, from Sufyān al-Thawrī, from ʿĀṣim, from Abū Razīn, from Ibn ʿAbbās, may God be pleased with them both, concerning a woman who turns away: He said: She is kept alive. Al-ʿAbbās said: I was sitting before Abū ʿĀṣim. When he related Sufyān’s report, I wrote it down. Then he related Abū Ḥanīfa’s report, and I held back my hand. He saw me and said: ‘Write.’ I said: ‘I have written Sufyān’s report.’ He said to me: ‘Madman!’—or ‘Fool!’—‘Write. We used to think that Sufyān had concealed Abū Ḥanīfa in his chain.’

The technical allegation of tadlīs is rendered as concealment in the chain, without adding an authenticity judgment.

Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Bazzār related to us. He said: Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad related to us at al-Wāshjird. He said: Abū ʿAlī al-Ṣaghānī related to us. He said: Abū ʿĀṣim said to me: ‘Abū ʿAlī! Do you know how the enmity between Abū Ḥanīfa and Sufyān arose?’ I said: ‘No.’ He said: ‘Sufyān was asked something and answered. It was mentioned to Abū Ḥanīfa, who was asked about it and gave a different opinion. He was told: “Sufyān al-Thawrī disagrees with you.” He said: “What has that boy to do with something like this?” This reached Sufyān, and enmity arose between them.’