Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim 2049c
وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي الْحَكَمُ بْنُ عُتَيْبَةَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ الْعُرَنِيِّ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ حُرَيْثٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم . قَالَ شُعْبَةُ لَمَّا حَدَّثَنِي بِهِ الْحَكَمُ لَمْ أُنْكِرْهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ .
Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Jafar narrated to me: Shuba narrated to us. He said: Al-Hakam ibn Utayba informed me, from al-Hasan al-Urani, from Amr ibn Hurayth, from Said ibn Zayd, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Shuba said: “When al-Hakam narrated it to me, I did not find it inconsistent with Abd al-Maliks report.”
Translation notes
لَمْ أُنْكِرْهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ
The negative verb with min can mean that Shuba did not reject the report as inconsistent with Abd al-Malik, but the exact force of the comparison is not explicit.
Can a qualified reviewer confirm the intended nuance of Shubas closing comment?