What is the authenticity of the saying of Shu'bah, "I have saved you from the tadlis of the three"?

The questioner : The same word, meaning the one mentioned about Shu'bah, "You have been saved from the tadlis of the three." I have not come across its chain of narration, but Imam al-Bayhaqi mentioned it in *Ma'rifat Sunan al-Athar*, saying, "It was narrated to us from Shu'bah that he said..." And we have among the students of knowledge here in Yemen those who doubt the authenticity of this saying attributed to Shu'bah. Have you come across anything that establishes it?

The Shaykh : No, but should one doubt this?

The questioner : It is a question for me regarding the famous sayings of the scholars for which we have not found chains of narration.

The Shaykh : I am asking whether this doubt is appropriate.

The questioner : I act upon the saying of Shu'bah!

Another questioner : Answer.The Shaykh : Answer him: Is it appropriate or not?

The questioner : No, it is not appropriate. But I wanted to get an answer and evidence from you to refute them. That is not what I want, because when they say that the chain of this saying is not authentic, I said that if we applied this standard, we would reject many things from the words of the scholars.

The Shaykh : That is correct.

The questioner : So I wanted to get from you...

The Shaykh : I have nothing more than this.

The questioner : What Allah willed, our Shaykh.