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darimi:276 – Muḥammad b. Kathīr > al-Awzāʿī > Ismāʿīl b. ʿUbaydullāh

[Machine] Abu Darda used to say, when he spoke about a Hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "This is it, or similar to it, or resembling it, or bearing its form."  

الدارمي:٢٧٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

كَانَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ إِذَا حَدَّثَ بِحَدِيثٍ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ هَذَا أَوْ نَحْوَهُ أَوْ شِبْهَهُ أَوْ شَكْلَهُ  

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darimi:277 – Asad b. Mūsá > Muʿāwiyah > Rabīʿah b. Yazīd

[Machine] Abu Darda used to say, whenever he narrated a hadith: "O Allah, grant it (the hadith) to be in this manner or similar to it."  

الدارمي:٢٧٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ

كَانَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ إِذَا حَدَّثَ حَدِيثًا قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِلَّا هَكَذَا أَوْ كَشَكْلِهِ