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adab:762 –

Abu Qilaba reported that 'Abdullah said to Abu Mas'ud - or Abu Mas'ud said to 'Abdullah, "What did you hear the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say about '(false) assertion?" He said, "It is a bad mount for a man."

الأدب المفرد:٧٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنِ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ

أَنَّ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ لأَبِي مَسْعُودٍ أَوْ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ لأَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ مَا سَمِعْتَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فِي ( زَعَمَ )؟ قَالَ بِئْسَ مَطِيَّةُ الرَّجُلِ

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abudawud:4972 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá > Abū Qilābah > Abū Masʿūd Lʾabī ʿAbdullāh or > Abū ʿAbdullāh Lʾabī Masʿūd Mā

I heard the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) 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.

أبو داود:٤٩٧٢ – 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 ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي زَعَمُوا قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ بِئْسَ مَطِيَّةُ الرَّجُلِ زَعَمُوا

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ هَذَا حُذَيْفَةُ