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ahmad:20453Hawdhah b. Khalīfah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAwn > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakarah > Abū Bakarah

[Machine] "When that day arrived, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mounted his camel and stopped. He asked, 'Do you know what day is this?' Then he mentioned the meaning of the hadith narrated by Ibn Abi 'Adiyy and said, 'Know that the witness who informs the absent one is better than the one who informs only once, and the witness who is closer is better than the one who is farther.' Then he leaned towards his camel and headed towards the spoils, and divided them between two men, giving three sheep to one and three sheep to the other."  

أحمد:٢٠٤٥٣حَدَّثَنَا هَوْذَةُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ قَالَ

لَمَّا كَانَ ذَاكَ الْيَوْمُ رَكِبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ نَاقَتَهُ ثُمَّ وَقَفَ فَقَالَ تَدْرُونَ أَيُّ يَوْمٍ هَذَا؟ فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَى حَدِيثِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ وَقَالَ فِيهِ أَلَا لِيُبَلِّغِ الشَّاهِدُ الْغَائِبَ مَرَّتَيْنِفَرُبَّ مُبَلَّغٍ هُوَ أَوْعَى مِنْ مُبَلِّغٍ مِثْلَهُ ثُمَّ مَالَ عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ إِلَى غُنَيْمَاتٍ فَجَعَلَ يَقْسِمُهُنَّ بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ الشَّاةُ وَالثَّلَاثَةِ الشَّاةُ