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ahmad:21735Yūnus > Baqiyyah > Ḥabīb b. ʿUmar al-Anṣārī > Abū ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Um al-Dardāʾ

[Machine] Abu Darda used to smile whenever he narrated a hadith. I said to him, "I fear that people may underestimate you." He replied, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to smile whenever he narrated a hadith."  

أحمد:٢١٧٣٥حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ عَنْ أُمِّ الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَتْ

كَانَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ لَا يُحَدِّثُ بِحَدِيثٍ إِلَّا تَبَسَّمَ فِيهِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ يُحَمِّقَكَ النَّاسُ فَقَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَايُحَدِّثُ بِحَدِيثٍ إِلَّا تَبَسَّمَ