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ahmad:15242Mūsá b. Dāwud > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAṭāʾ > Āb.ay Jābir > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When the Muḥaddith sees the Muḥaddith looking around, then it is a trust."  

أحمد:١٥٢٤٢حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ دَاوُدَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنَيْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا رَأَى الْمُحَدَّثُ الْمُحَدِّثَ يَتَلَفَّتُ فَهِيَ أَمَانَةٌ  


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السيوطي:١٦٥٤a

"إِذا حدَّثَ الإِنسانُ حديثًا فرأى المُحدَّثُ المحدِّثَ يَلتَفِتُ حَوْلَهُ فَهِيَ أمانةٌ".  

[هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان عن جابر