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darimi:243Aḥmad b. Khālid > Muḥammad > Ibn Isḥāq > Maʿbad b. Kaʿb > Abū Qatādah

"While he was on this pulpit, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: ' Beware of narrating too many Ahadith from me. Whoever attributes something to me, let him speak the truth faithfully. Whoever attributes to say something that I did not say, let him take his place in Hell." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 35)   

الدارمي:٢٤٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ هُوَ ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِيَّاكُمْ وَكَثْرَةَ الْحَدِيثِ عَنِّي فَمَنْ قَالَ عَلَيَّ فَلَا يَقُلْ إِلَّا حَقًّا أَوْ إِلَّا صِدْقًا وَمَنْ قَالَ عَلَيَّ مَا لَمْ أَقُلْ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ»  

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bukhari:109Makkī b. Ibrāhīm > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah

I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "Whoever (intentionally) ascribes to me what I have not said then (surely) let him occupy his seat in Hell-fire."  

البخاري:١٠٩حَدَّثَنَا مَكِّيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ يَقُلْ عَلَىَّ مَا لَمْ أَقُلْ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ  

ibnmajah:35Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yaḥyá b. Yaʿlá al-Taymī > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Maʿbad b. Kaʿb > Abū Qatādah

"While he was on this pulpit, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: ' Beware of narrating too many Ahadith from me. Whoever attributes something to me, let him speak the truth faithfully. Whoever attributes to say something that I did not say, let him take his place in Hell."  

ابن ماجة:٣٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَعْلَى التَّيْمِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ عَلَى هَذَا الْمِنْبَرِ إِيَّاكُمْ وَكَثْرَةَ الْحَدِيثِ عَنِّي فَمَنْ قَالَ عَلَىَّ فَلْيَقُلْ حَقًّا أَوْ صِدْقًا وَمَنْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَىَّ مَا لَمْ أَقُلْ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ  

ahmad:22538Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > Muḥammad / Ibn Isḥāq > Ibn Likaʿb b. Mālikʿan Abū Qatādah

"While he was on this pulpit, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: ' Beware of narrating too many Ahadith from me. Whoever attributes something to me, let him speak the truth faithfully. Whoever attributes to say something that I did not say, let him take his place in Hell." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 35)   

أحمد:٢٢٥٣٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنٌ لِكَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍعَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ عَلَى هَذَا الْمِنْبَرِ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِيَّاكُمْ وَكَثْرَةَ الْحَدِيثِ عَنِّي مَنْ قَالَ عَلَيَّ فَلَا يَقُولَنَّ إِلَّا حَقًّا أَوْ صِدْقًا فَمَنْ قَالَ عَلَيَّ مَا لَمْ أَقُلْ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ  

suyuti:9295a
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٩٢٩٥a

"إيَّاكُمْ وَكثْرَةَ الحَدِيثِ عنِّى، فمَن قَالَ عَلَىَّ فَلْيَقُلْ حَقًا أو صِدْقًا، وَمَنْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَىَّ مَا لَمْ أقُلْ فَليَتَبَوَّأ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ ".  

[ك] الحاكم في المستدرك عن أَبى قَتَادَةَ ؓ
suyuti:26937a
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٢٦٩٣٧a

"يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! إِيَّاكُمْ وَكَثْرَةَ الحَدِيثِ عنِّى، فَمَنْ قَالَ عنِّى فَلاَ يَقُولَن إِلا حَقّا وَصِدْقًا، فَمَنْ قَالَ عَلَىَّ مَا لمْ أَقُلْ فَليَتَبَؤَأ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ".  

[حم] أحمد والدرامى، [هـ] ابن ماجة وابن أبى عاصم، [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن أبى قتادة