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Sunan Abi Dawud, 4972
sahih· Al-Albani

Chain of narration · Isnād

Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.

6 transmitters

Narrated by Abu Bakr bin Abi ShaybafromWaki' bin al-Jarrahfrom'Abdur Rahman bin 'Amr al-Awza'ifromYahya bin Abi KathirfromAbu Qalaba, 'Abdullah bin Zayd al-JarmifromAhmed bin 'Abdullah

Hadith text · Matn

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنِ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، قَالَ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ لأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَوْ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ لأَبِي مَسْعُودٍ مَا سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ فِي ‏"‏ زَعَمُوا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏"‏ بِئْسَ مَطِيَّةُ الرَّجُلِ زَعَمُوا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ هَذَا حُذَيْفَةُ ‏.‏

English translation

Abu Mas’ud asked Abu ‘Abu Allah, or Abu Abd Allah asked Abu Mas’ud; what did you hear the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say about za’ama (they alleged, asserted, or it is said). He replied :

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: it is a bad riding-beast for a man (to say) za’ama (they asserted). Abu DAwud said : This Abu ‘Abd Allah is Hudhaifah.

References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 43, Hadith 200
English Reference
Book 42, Hadith 4954
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