(4) باب النَّهْىِ عَنِ الرِّوَايَةِ، عَنِ الضُّعَفَاءِ، وَالاِحْتِيَاطِ، فِي تَحَمُّلِهَا
Abū Sa'īd al-Ashajj narrated to me, Wakī' narrated to us, al-A'mash narrated to us, on authority of al-Musayyab bin Rāfi', on authority of Āmir bin Abdah, he said, Abd Allah [bin Mas'ūd] said:
'Indeed Satan will appear in the form of a man and he will come to the people, narrating to them false Ḥadīth, and they will then depart. Then a man among them will say: 'I heard a man whose face I recognize but I do not know his name narrating [such and such]…'
Reference: Sahih Muslim Introduction 17
In-book reference: Introduction, Narration 16