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ahmad:19324ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Ibn Abū Laylá > Qulnā Lizayd b. Arqam

We said to Zaid bin Arqam: 'Tell us a Hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' He said: 'We have grown old and have forgotten, and (narrating) Ahadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is difficult (not a simple matter).'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 25)   

أحمد:١٩٣٢٤حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَالَ قُلْنَا لِزَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ

حَدِّثْنَا قَالَ كَبُرْنَا وَنَسِينَا وَالْحَدِيثُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ شَدِيدٌ  


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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad
ibnmajah:25[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ghundar > Shuʿbah [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Murrah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > Qulnā Lizayd b. Arqam

We said to Zaid bin Arqam: 'Tell us a Hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' He said: 'We have grown old and have forgotten, and (narrating) Ahadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is difficult (not a simple matter).'"  

ابن ماجة:٢٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَالَ قُلْنَا لِزَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ

حَدِّثْنَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ كَبِرْنَا وَنَسِينَا وَالْحَدِيثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَدِيدٌ  

ahmad:19304Ḥusayn > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Ibn Abū Laylá > Zayd b. Arqam

We said to Zaid bin Arqam: 'Tell us a Hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' He said: 'We have grown old and have forgotten, and (narrating) Ahadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is difficult (not a simple matter).'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 25)  

أحمد:١٩٣٠٤حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ مُرَّةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي لَيْلَى يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ قَالَ كُنَّا إِذَا جِئْنَاهُ قُلْنَا

حَدِّثْنَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّا قَدْ كَبُرْنَا وَنَسِينَا وَالْحَدِيثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ شَدِيدٌ