"I do not see any harm in his ḥadīth; he is reliable in ḥadīth, though not well-known." Ibn Ḥibbān mentioned him in "al-Thiqāt" and said: "He narrates rare reports." See "Taysīr Intifāʿ al-Khillān." I said: Despite all of this, al-Haythamī did not recognize him, as will be mentioned. He has another chain; it is narrated by Layth from Ṣafwān ibn Muḥriz from Jundub ibn ʿAbd Allāh: that he passed by a group reciting the Quran, and said: Do not be deceived by these people; they recite the Quran today, and tomorrow they will argue with swords! Then he said: Bring me a group of Quran reciters, and let them be elders. So we brought to him Nāfiʿ ibn al-Azraq, Mirdās ibn Abī Bilāl, and a group with them, six or eight. When we entered upon Jundub, he said: I heard the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) ... (I said: he mentioned similar to those who teach people good), he said: "Whoever shows off his knowledge to people, Allāh will expose him on the Day of Resurrection, and whoever makes people hear of his deeds, Allāh will make him heard; know that the first thing to rot..." the ḥadīth is similar to the narration of al-Bukhārī. It was narrated by al-Ṭabarānī (2/179-180/1685), and its men are trustworthy, except for Layth—who is Ibn Abī Sulaym—and he is weak due to his confusion. From his route: Abū al-Shaykh narrated a collection of knowledge in "al-Amthāl" (181/276). Al-Haythamī mentioned this narration of Ṣafwān, and a portion of the previous narration of ʿAlī ibn Sulaymān al-Kalbī, then said: "It was narrated by al-Ṭabarānī through two routes, in one of which is Layth ibn Abī Sulaym; and he is a mudallis."