Imam Sha’bi narrates: Sayyiduna Mu’awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote a letter to Sayyiduna Mughirah bin Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him) asking him to write and send any hadith that he had heard directly from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). So Sayyiduna Mughirah (may Allah be pleased with him) called his young (secretary) Warad and said: Write that I heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) forbidding the burying of daughters alive, disobedience to mothers, not fulfilling the rights of others and usurping their rights, useless arguments and excessive questioning (i.e., unnecessary questions or asking without need), and wasting wealth.

Imam Sha’bi narrated this report from Warad on the authority of Sayyiduna Mughirah (may Allah be pleased with him). This was stated by the Shaykh.