حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ قُهْزَاذَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ وَهْبًا، يَقُولُ: عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ، قَالَ: بَقِيَّةُ صَدُوقُ اللِّسَانِ، وَلَكِنَّهُ يَأْخُذُ عَمَّنْ أَقْبَلَ وَأَدْبَرَ
Ibn Quhzadh narrated to me, he said,
I heard Wahb [bin Zam’ah] saying, on authority of Sufyān [bin Abd il-Mālik], on authority of Ibn al-Mubārak, he said:
‘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)’.