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adab:265 –

Abu Hurayra reported that the people said, "Messenger of Allah, you joke with us!" He replied, "But I only speak the truth."  

الأدب المفرد:٢٦٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَوْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّكَ تُدَاعِبُنَا؟ قَالَ إِنِّي لاَ أَقُولُ إِلا حَقًّا  

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tirmidhi:1990 – ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad al-Dūrī al-Baghdādī > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Usāmah b. Zayd > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

"They said: 'O Messenger of Allah! You joke with us?' He said: 'Indeed I do not say except what is true.'" (Hasan)'  

الترمذي:١٩٩٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدُّورِيُّ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ تُدَاعِبُنَا قَالَ إِنِّي لاَ أَقُولُ إِلاَّ حَقًّا  

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