Their claim regarding the early scholars that tadlis is not considered a defect with them.

The questioner : Until, Shaykh, they say that with the early scholars, they say that it was not found that Ibn Abi Hatim and Abu Hatim said in one of their books that so-and-so used the abbreviation (‘ana ‘ana) and that he practiced tadlis. They say this is never found except with the later scholars?

The Shaykh : And what do they mean?

The questioner : They mean, Shaykh, that they do not consider tadlis a defect.

The Shaykh : This is ignorance. How... I seek refuge in Allah!