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ahmad:19893Ismāʿīl > Abū Hārūn al-Ghanawī > Muṭarrif

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ, I did not repeat a story for two consecutive days. However, I would sometimes hesitate and dislike it if men from the companions of Muhammad ﷺ or from some of the companions of Muhammad ﷺ testified to something and I witnessed it just like they did, and heard it just like they did, and they narrated it with different words than what they said. I knew that they did not deviate from goodness, so I feared that they would attribute to me what they attributed to them. Sometimes I would say, "If I were to narrate to you that I heard from the Prophet ﷺ, such and such, I would be truthful," and sometimes I would firmly say, "I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying such and such." Abu 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, Nasr ibn 'Ali narrated to us, Bishr ibn al-Mufaddal narrated to us, from Abu Harun al-Ghaniwi, who said: Hanit al-A'war narrated to me, from Muttarif, from 'Imran ibn Husayn, who narrated the Hadith similarly to this. So, I related it to my father, and he approved of it and said that there is an addition to it by another man.  

أحمد:١٩٨٩٣حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هَارُونَ الْغَنَوِيُّ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ قَالَ قَالَ لِي عِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ أَيْ مُطَرِّفُ وَاللهِ إِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَرَى أَنِّي لَوْ شِئْتُ حَدَّثْتُ

عَنْ نَبِيِّ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ لَا أُعِيدُ حَدِيثًا ثُمَّ لَقَدْ زَادَنِي بُطْئًا عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَكَرَاهِيَةً لَهُ أَنَّ رِجَالًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ أَوْ مِنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ شَهِدْتُ كَمَا شَهِدُوا وَسَمِعْتُ كَمَا سَمِعُوا يُحَدِّثُونَ أَحَادِيثَ مَا هِيَ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَأْلُونَ عَنِ الْخَيْرِ فَأَخَافُأَنْ يُشَبَّهَ لِي كَمَا شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ فَكَانَ أَحْيَانًا يَقُولُ لَوْ حَدَّثْتُكُمْ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ مِنْ نَبِيِّ اللهِ ﷺ كَذَا وَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ أَنِّي قَدْ صَدَقْتُ وَأَحْيَانًا يَعْزِمُ فَيَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنِي نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ أَبِي هَارُونَ الْغَنَوِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي هَانِئٌ الْأَعْوَرُ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ هُوَ ابْنُ حُصَيْنٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهِ أَبِي فَاسْتَحْسَنَهُ وَقَالَ زَادَ فِيهِ رَجُلًا  


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tabarani:15391Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > Abū Hārūn al-Ghanawī > Hānī al-Aʿwar > Muṭarrif

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ once spent two consecutive days with me, then he slowed down his visits, either because he disliked it or because it bothered him. I witnessed, just as the companions of the Prophet ﷺ witnessed, and I heard, just as they heard, them narrating to us Hadiths that were not exactly as they said. And I knew what they omitted from the truth or from goodness, so I feared that they would describe to me in the same way they described to others. Sometimes he would say, "If I were to claim that I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ such and such, then I would be considered truthful." And sometimes he would stand up and say, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said such and such."  

الطبراني:١٥٣٩١حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ ثنا أَبُو هَارُونَ الْغَنَوِيُّ ثنا هَانِي الْأَعْوَرُ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ قَالَ قَالَ لِي عِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ يَا مُطَرِّفُ وَاللهِ أَنِّي §كُنْتُ لَوْ شِئْتَ حَدِيثًا

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ ثُمَّ زَادَنِي بُطْءً عَنْ بَعْضِ ذَلِكَ أَوْ كَرَاهِيَةً لَهُ أَنَّ رِجَالًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ شَهِدْتُ كَمَا شَهِدُوا وَسَمِعْتُ كَمَا سَمِعُوا يُحَدِّثُونَا بِأَحَادِيثَ مَا هِيَ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ مَا يَأْلُونَ عَنِ الْحَقِّ أَوْ قَالَ عَنِ الْخَيْرِ فَأَخَافُ أَنْ يُشْبِهَ لِي كَمَا شَبِهَ لَهُمْ وَكَانَ أَحْيَانًا يَقُولُ لَوْ قُلْتُ أَنِّي قَدْ سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَذَا وَكَذَا لَرَأَيْتُ أَنِّي قَدْ صَدَقْتُ وَيَقُومُ أَحْيَانًا فَيَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كَذَا وَكَذَا