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ahmad:18026 – ʿAbdullāh b. al-Walīd al-ʿAdanī > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Abū Kabshah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave an example of this nation, resembling four individuals, and then mentioned the narration.  

أحمد:١٨٠٢٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الْعَدَنِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ أَبِي كَبْشَةَ قَالَ

ضَرَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَثَلَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ مَثَلَ أَرْبَعَةِ نَفَرٍ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ  

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ahmad:18027 – Rawḥ > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Abū Kabshah al-Anmārī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The example of my Ummah (community) is like that of four people." And he mentioned the Hadith.  

أحمد:١٨٠٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمَ بْنَ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا كَبْشَةَ الْأَنْمَارِيَّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَثَلُ أُمَّتِي مَثَلُ أَرْبَعَةٍ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ