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Sunan Abi Dawud, 4830
sahih· Al-Albani

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Musa from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain of narrators up to “and its taste bitter”. Ibn Mu`adh added:

Anas said: We used tell one another that a good companion is like... He then transmitted the rest of the tradition.

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، - الْمَعْنَى - ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مُعَاذٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِهَذَا الْكَلاَمِ الأَوَّلِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ ‏

‏ وَطَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ ‏

‏ ‏.‏ وَزَادَ ابْنُ مُعَاذٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَنَسٌ وَكُنَّا نَتَحَدَّثُ أَنَّ مَثَلَ جَلِيسِ الصَّالِحِ وَسَاقَ بَقِيَّةَ الْحَدِيثِ ‏.‏

Isnad

7 transmitters
  1. 1Masdad bin Masrhadal-Basra · d. 228 AH
  2. 2'Ubaidullah bin Mua'dhal-Basra · d. 237 AH
  3. 3Mua'dh bin Mua'dh bin Nsral-Basra · d. 196 AH
  4. 4Shu'bah bin al-HajjajWasit,Basra · d. 160 AH
  5. 5QatadaBasra/Medina · d. ~117 AH
  6. 6Anas bin MalikMedinah,Damascus, Basrah · d. 93 AH/712 CE
  7. 7Abu Musa al-Asha'ariYemen/Makkah/Medina/Basra/Kufa · d. ~43 or 52 AH /662 or 672 CE
References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 43, Hadith 58
English Reference
Book 42, Hadith 4812