How can we trust Hafs's narration of the Qur’an, when Ibn Kharash said of him, "a liar who fabricates hadith"?

Hafs ibn Sulayman is an established Imam in recitation (Qira'at) by the consensus of scholars. However, in narrating Hadith, he is considered "matruk" (abandoned); this is because he did not focus on it. Imam Ahmad, Al-Bukhari, An-Nasa'i, Muslim, and others said that he is "matruk al-Hadith" (abandoned in Hadith), even though Imam Ahmad once said of him, "salih" (righteous). Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi and Adh-Dhahabi stated that he was established in recitation but weak in Hadith. Al-Khazraji and Ibn Hajar said that he was established in recitation by consensus.

As for the accusation of lying against him, it was narrated from Ibn Ma'in and Ibn Kharrash. Three narrations were transmitted from Ibn Ma'in, the third of which accuses him of lying, but its narrator from Ibn Ma'in, "Ibn Muhriz," is unknown. The other narration from Ibn Ma'in did not accuse him of lying but rather said, "Abu Bakr is more trustworthy than Abu 'Amr."

As for Ibn Kharrash's accusation of lying against Hafs, its chain of narration contains an unknown individual. Furthermore, Ibn Kharrash is accused of Shi'ism and authored a book on the defects of the two Shaykhs (Abu Bakr and Umar). He is severe in his criticism, so his harsh statements are not accepted. The term "lying" might be used by a scholar for a narrator not due to deliberate intent but due to extreme heedlessness. Therefore, the conclusion is that Hafs ibn Sulayman, the reciter, is an established Imam in recitation, abandoned in Hadith, and the accusation of lying against him, in the sense of deliberate intent, is false.