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“It is enough of a lie for a man to narrate everything he hears”: is it a hadith? Where is it written?

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كفى بالمرء كذبا أن يحدث بكل ما سمع

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Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Introduction, no. 6

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim Introduction, no. 6

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وحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي. ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ خُبَيْبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ، عن أبى هريرة، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم: " كَفَى بِالْمَرْءِ كَذِبًا، أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَ ". وحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ خُبَيْبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ.

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  1. Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim Introduction, no. 6: عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ, from أَبِي (my father), from شُعْبَةُ, from خُبَيْبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ, from حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ, from أبى هريرة (Abū Hurayrah), from the Prophet ﷺ
  2. Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim Introduction, no. 6: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى, from عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ, from شُعْبَةُ, from خُبَيْبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ, from حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ, from أبى هريرة (Abū Hurayrah), from the Prophet ﷺ
  3. Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim Introduction, no. 6: أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ, from عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَفْصٍ, from شُعْبَةُ, from خُبَيْبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ, from حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ, from أبى هريرة (Abū Hurayrah), from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Sunan Abī Dāwūd No. 4992Most of the words searched are in this report. Compare the two texts.Show the full entry

Sunan Abī Dāwūd No. 4992

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حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ. ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ خُبَيْبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ، قَالَ ابْنُ حُسَيْنٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِ, عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: " كَفَى بِالْمَرْءِ إِثْمًا أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَ ", قال أبو داود: وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ حَفْصٌ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ أبو داود: وَلَمْ يُسْنِدْهُ إِلَّا هَذَا الشَّيْخُ يَعْنِي عَلِيَّ بْنَ حَفْصٍ الْمَدَائِنِيَّ.

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  1. Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4992: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ, from عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَفْصٍ, from شُعْبَةُ, from خُبَيْبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ, from حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ, from أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ (Abū Hurayrah), from the Prophet ﷺ

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Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim Introduction, no. 8Most of the words searched are in this report. Compare the two texts.Show the full entry

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim Introduction, no. 8

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وحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ، قَال: قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: بِحَسْبِ الْمَرْءِ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ، أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَ.

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The text gives these as the words of عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ (ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb).

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  1. Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim Introduction, no. 8: يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى, from هُشَيْمٌ, from سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ, from أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ, from عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ (ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb) (last narrator in this chain)

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim Introduction, no. 10Most of the words searched are in this report. Compare the two texts.Show the full entry

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim Introduction, no. 10

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حَدَّثَنَا وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِى إِسْحَاق، عَنْ أَبِى الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: بِحَسْبِ الْمَرْءِ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ، أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَ.

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  1. Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim Introduction, no. 10: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى, from عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ, from سُفْيَانُ, from أَبِى إِسْحَاق, from أَبِى الأَحْوَصِ, from عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ʿAbd Allāh) (last narrator in this chain)

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

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