Sulayman bin Musa reported,

I met Tawsa and said, "So-and-so narrated to me such-and-such."He replied, "If your source is reliable, then take it from him."

Muslim 28

Sahih

حدثنا إسحاق بن إبراهيم الحنظلي، أخبرنا عيسى، - وهو ابن يونس - حدثنا الأوزاعي،

عن سليمان بن موسى، قال

لقيت طاوسا فقلت حدثني فلان، كيت وكيت. قال إن كان صاحبك مليا فخذ عنه.

مسلم 28صحيح
Contents
Reference
Commentary
Ayat
Collection
Sahih Muslim
Book
Introduction
Chapter
Isnad is part of the religion, narration is only to be taken from trustworthy narrators, criticizing narrators for what is actually in them is permissible and even obligatory, and this is not from prohibited backbiting but rather from defending the noble Shariah
Numbering
Darussalam 28
Muslim 28