Zahabi has considered him as one of those people who were...

Zahabi has considered him as one of those people who were weak in terms of transmitting traditions. According to Ibn Hajar, Sufyan had a writer who would write down what he would dictate. He jotted down things as traditions which were not in reality traditions. When Sufyan was told to change his mind about him, he refused to accept it. Thus his traditions are not authentic. Dawood 'Attar Dawood 'Attar is another person the first chain of Tirmidhi includes.

Hakim Nayshabur quotes Yahya bin Mu'aeen as saying that his traditions are weak. Azdi says that scholars are critical of him.[^2] Qutada He is another person the first chain of Timidhi includes. He was a fatalist and was a propagandist of this school of thought. On the other hand, he was known as a deceiver. According to Sha'abi, he was mixing authentic and unauthentic traditions together.[^3] Muhammad bin Bashshar He is among the narrators of the second chain used by Tirmidhi.

Fallas has regarded him as a liar. Dawraqi says that he saw Yahya bin Mu'aeen who did not pay attention to him, regarding him as weak in narrating tradition. Qawariri did not like him either. He was the owner of a bath.[^4] Abd al-Wahhab bin Abd al-Majid He is another person this chain includes. Commenting on him, Ibn Abi Hatam quotes his father as saying: He is an unknown person. Ibn Mahdi places his name among those who narrated traditions from others' books but were not able to keep them.

Quoting Ibn Mu'aeen, Dawri says he was suffering from absent-mindedness. According to Abu Dawood he was suffering from sense disruption. On Aqili's view, he was among weak narrators.[^5] Khalid Hazza He is also among those narrators this chain includes. Concerning him Abu Hatam says the scholars record his traditions but do not act on them.

In his Ta'arih , 'Aqili quoting Yayha bin Adam through Abu Shahab as saying: Rely on Hajjaj bin Artat and Muhammad bin Ishaq, because they are among the memorizers of tradition. However conceal the traditions reported by Khalid Hazza and Hisham, from me when we are among Basrans. Yahya said that he asked Hammad bin Zaid as to what was the fault of Khalid Hazza. In response he said that he came here from Syria but we do not accept him as a memorizer.

Abbad bin Abbad says that Shu'aba wanted to criticize Khalid but Hammad bin Zaid and I met him and told him not to do so. We threatened him and as a result he was silent.