Hafiz Abu Zur'ah ialah seorang imam yang terkenal dan seorang ulama yang terkemuka dalam ilmu biografi perawi [asma' al-rijal]. Ibnu Abi Hatim telah meriwayatkan kisah ini tentangnya:

Hafiz Abñ Zur‘a was a famous imam and a distinguished scholar in the science of the biographies of narrators [asma’ al-rijjal]. Ibn Abõ ûótim has narrated this story about him:

Suatu ketika Ibn Wara, yang namanya Muhammad bin Muslim, dan Fadl bin 'Abbas, yang digelar Fadluk al-Saigh, datang menemui Hafiz Abu Zur'a. Kedua-duanya mula berbahas tentang suatu hukum Syariat. Ibn Wara memetik sebuah Hadis untuk menyokong pendiriannya, tetapi Fadluk menolak Hadis itu dan menegaskan bahawa itu bukan lafaz Hadis yang betul. Ibn Wara bertanya, "Kalau begitu, apakah lafaz yang betul bagi Hadis ini?"

Once Ibn Wara, whose name was Muúammud ibn Muslim, and Fadl ibn ‘Abbas, whose nickname was Fadluk al-Saigh, came to Hafiz Abñ Zur‘a. Both of them began to argue about some Shari‘a ruling. Ibn Wara quoted a Hadīth to support his position, but Fadluk rejected the Hadīth and insisted that it was not the correct wording of the Hadīth. Ibn Wara asked, “Then what are the proper words of this Hadīth?”.