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ahmad:1127ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī And Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAwn b. Abū Juḥayfah from his father > ʿAlī Idhā Ḥaddathtukum

ʿAli ؓ said: If I narrate to you a hadeeth from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then being thrown from heaven to earth is dearer to me than attributing to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ something that he did not say However, war is deceit.  

أحمد:١١٢٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَوْنِ بْنِ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ إِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا فَلَأَنِ أَقَعَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَقُولَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا لَمْ يَقُلْ وَلَكِنَّ الْحَرْبَ خَدْعَةٌ