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Sahih Muslim, 2805 d
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Anas reported this hadlth through another chain of transmitters and the words are:

" It would be said to him: You have told a lie; what had been demanded from you was quite easier than this (the belief in the Oneness of Allah)."

وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ زُرَارَةَ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَطَاءٍ - كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمِثْلِهِ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ ‏

‏ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ كَذَبْتَ قَدْ سُئِلْتَ مَا هُوَ أَيْسَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ ‏

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Isnad

7 transmitters
  1. 1'Abd bin Hameed bin Nasrd. 249 AH
  2. 2Ruh bin 'Ubada bin al-'Ala'al-Basra · d. 207 AH
  3. 3'Amr bin Zararah bin WaqidNisapur · d. 238 AH
  4. 4'Abdul Wahab bin 'Abdul Majeed al-Thaqafal-Basra · d. 194 AH
  5. 5Sa'id bin Abi 'Arubaal-Basra · d. 157 AH
  6. 6QatadaBasra/Medina · d. ~117 AH
  7. 7Anas bin MalikMedinah,Damascus, Basrah · d. 93 AH/712 CE
References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 52, Hadith 40
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Book 39, Hadith 6736 (deprecated numbering scheme)