Hafidh Abu Zur'a alikuwa imamu maarufu na mwanazuoni mashuhuri katika elimu ya wasifu wa wapokezi [asma' al-rijal]. Ibn Abi Hatim amesimulia kisa hiki kuhusu yeye:

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:

Mara moja Ibn Wara, ambaye jina lake lilikuwa Muhammad ibn Muslim, na Fadl ibn 'Abbas, ambaye jina lake la utani lilikuwa Fadluk al-Saigh, walimwendea Hafidh Abu Zur'a. Wote wawili walianza kubishana kuhusu hukumu fulani ya Shari'a. Ibn Wara alinukuu Hadithi ili kuunga mkono msimamo wake, lakini Fadluk alikataa Hadithi hiyo na kusisitiza kwamba haikuwa maneno sahihi ya Hadithi hiyo. Ibn Wara aliuliza, "Basi maneno sahihi ya Hadithi hii ni yapi?"

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?”.