Reader edition
Sahih
Recorded by Sahih al-Bukhari
Chain and evidence
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0 criticized · 6 unresolved
Edition labels and source wording are preserved as separate records. Multiple parser labels from one Arabic sentence are not counted as independent scholarly judgments.
Reader edition
Sahih
Recorded by Sahih al-Bukhari
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The reader edition records Sahih; no separate foundation grading sentence is attached.
Inspect grading records0/6 narrator identities are resolved. 0/5 direct links have comparator or accepted classical support; 5 links retain an unresolved endpoint.
Inspect the sanad4/6 related public chains share at least one resolved narrator; 7 direct transmission links repeat.
Inspect route overlap6 related Arabic wordings are aligned with this record. Additions and omissions are displayed as textual differences, without assigning an interpretive meaning.
Inspect wording variationNo scholarly proposition is attached yet. The workspace can record one without converting system signals into a conclusion.
Open scholarly annotationsNo formal classified disagreement is attached to this chain; this is not treated as proof of consensus.
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The Arabic sanad is preserved as transmitted. Identified narrator names below it are clickable.
0/5 links corroborated
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَبَّانُ ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسٌ ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي الْغَارِ، فَرَأَيْتُ آثَارَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ رَفَعَ قَدَمَهُ رَآنَا. قَالَ
Path 1: 0/6 identities resolved; 0 narrator dossiers contain source evidence; 0/5 edges corroborated; 5 unresolved edge endpoints; 0 generation-order conflicts.
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No authority status loaded
No source-attributed critical statement is attached to this identity yet.
No authority status loaded
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No authority status loaded
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No authority status loaded
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No authority status loaded
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Attributed statements remain attached to their scholars and sources. A disagreement is reported only when accepted classified claims actually differ.
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The chain identity is present, but no linked classical passage is loaded for it yet.
The chain identity is present, but no linked classical passage is loaded for it yet.
The chain identity is present, but no linked classical passage is loaded for it yet.
The chain identity is present, but no linked classical passage is loaded for it yet.
The chain identity is present, but no linked classical passage is loaded for it yet.
The chain identity is present, but no linked classical passage is loaded for it yet.
This compares the public chains of related narrations. Shared identities and links are route overlap, not an automatic authenticity ruling.
4 shared narrators
4 shared narrators
3 shared narrators
3 shared narrators
0 shared narrators
No shared resolved narrator identity is recorded in the public chains.
0 shared narrators
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Related wording
مَا ظَنُّكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ بِاثْنَيْنِ اللَّهُ ثَالِثُهُمَا
No aligned omissions.
Related wording
يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ مَا ظَنُّكَ بِاثْنَيْنِ اللَّهُ ثَالِثُهُمَا
No aligned omissions.
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يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ! مَا ظَنُّكَ بِاثْنَيْنِ اللَّهُ ثَالِثُهُمَا؟
No aligned omissions.
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ما ظنك يا أبا بكر باثنين الله ثالثهما
No aligned omissions.
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اسْكُتْ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، اثْنَانِ اللَّهُ ثَالِثُهُمَا
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حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ثَابِتٌ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ فِي الْغَارِ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً وَنَحْنُ فِي الْغَارِ لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ نَظَرَ إِلَى قَدَمَيْهِ لَأَبْصَرَنَا تَحْتَ قَدَمَيْهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ مَا ظَنُّكَ بِاثْنَيْنِ اللَّهُ ثَالِثُهُمَا.
No aligned omissions.
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I said to the Prophet (ﷺ) while I was in the Cave. "If any of them should look under his feet, he would see us." He said, "O Abu Bakr! What do you think of two (persons) the third of whom is Allah?"
I was with the Prophet (ﷺ) in the Cave. When I raised my head, I saw the feet of the people. I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ! If some of them should look down, they will see us." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Abu Bakr, be quiet! (For we are) two and Allah is the Third of us."
I saw the feet of the polytheists very close to us as we were in the cave. I said: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , if one amongst them were to see at his feet he would have surely seen us. Thereupon he said: Abu Bakr, what can befall two who have Allah as the third One with them.
that Abu Bakr narrated to him, he said: "While were in the cave, I said to the Prophet (ﷺ): 'If one of them were to look down at his feet, then he would see us under his feet.' So he said: 'O Abu Bakr! What do you think about two, the third of whom is Allah?'"
When Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and I were in the cave of Thaur and I saw the feet of the polytheists who were above us at the mouth of the cave (on the eve of the Emigration), I submitted: "O Messenger of Allah! If one of them were to look down below his feet, he would see us". He (ﷺ) said, "O Abu Bakr! What do you think of two whose third is Allah". <b>[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</b>.
I said to the Prophet (ﷺ) when he was in the cave - on one occasion he said: when we were in the cave -: If one of them looks at his feet, he will see us beneath his feet. He said: `O Abu Bakr, what do you think of two, of whom Allah is the third?`