Abu Bakr bin Abu Shayba: we talked about him in the fourth tradition.

Abu Bakr bin Abu Shayba: we talked about him in the fourth tradition. b. Affan: who was he?! He might be Affan bin Muslim because he narrated from Hammad bin Salama and this was mentioned by ath-Thahabi when talking about a tradition of his. It was this one, about whom ibn Adiy said: "... by Allah, if he tried his best to narrate one correct tradition from Shu'ba, he couldn't. He was slow and bad in memorizing and he was slow in perceiving." (6) ____________ ! MIzanul I'tidal, vol.2 p.345.