أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيل بْنُ أَبَانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَمَانٍ ، عَنْ الْمِنْهَالِ بْنِ خَلِيفَةَ ، عَنْ مَطَرٍ الْوَرَّاقِ ، عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ :" إِنَّمَا يُحْفَظُ حَدِيثُ الرَّجُلِ عَلَى قَدْرِ نِيَّتِهِ "

Ismail bin Aban told us, Yahya bin Yaman told us, on the authority of Al-Minhal bin Khalifa, on the authority of Matar Al-Warraq, on the authority of Shahr bin Hawshab, on the authority of Ibn Abbas, may God be pleased with him, said: “A man’s hadith is only preserved according to the extent of his intention.”