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ahmad:1842 – Hushaym > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "News is not like witnessing."  

أحمد:١٨٤٢ – حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ الْخَبَرُ كَالْمُعَايَنَةِ  

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suyuti:18165a –
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:١٨١٦٥a –

"لَيسَ الْخَبَرُ كالْمُعَايَنَةِ".  

العسكرى في الأمثال، [خط] الخطيب عن ابن عباس، [خط] الخطيب عن أَبي هريرة، [طس] الطبرانى في الأوسط [خط] الخطيب والديلمى عن أَنس زاد الديلمى (قلت: يا رسول الله ما معناه؟ قال: ) ليس الدنيا كالآخرة