What do you prefer among the opinions regarding al-Hasan al-Basri’s hearing from Samurah?

The questioner: His EminenceThe Shaykh : says,The questioner : What do you prefer among the opinions regarding al-Hasan al-Basri’s hearing from Samurah... the hadith of Samurah?

The Shaykh : Al-Hasan certainly heard from Samurah, but alongside that, he was known for what is called by hadith scholars as tadlis. I hope that when you hear such a term used to describe some of the imams and some of the great figures of the Salaf, like al-Hasan al-Basri, no one should understand it as a criticism of the validity of the one described as having tadlis. That is because... this term means that al-Hasan al-Basri, who heard some of the hadiths of Samurah ibn Jundub from him, including the hadith of the 'aqiqah in which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , this hadith was heard by al-Hasan al-Basri from Samurah. This al-Hasan, the noble Tabi'i, narrated other hadiths from Samurah and others from the Companions that he did not hear from them. His narration of some hadiths from Samurah and others is called tadlis. This is a known issue due to a difference of opinion among hadith scholars, and it does not mean accusing this narrator—namely al-Hasan al-Basri—of any kind of lying. All that is the case is that he narrated something from someone from whom it was his habit to hear some hadiths...
And as for your saying... that is an error; because the hadith you mentioned was not mentioned in the question. The correct thing is to say that this is a second question; so there is no harm in it. The hadith mentioned, if we stop at al-Hasan’s narration from Samurah, it has been known earlier that if he does not explicitly state that he heard it, it is held back from being accepted. But this hadith has a corroborating narration from the hadith of 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him); so by it, the hadith rose to the level of authenticity and it became obligatory to act upon it.
Yes.