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‘It is enough of a lie for a man that he narrates everything he hears’.

مسلم:٥ – وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ

«بِحَسْبِ الْمَرْءِ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَ۔»

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Collected by al-Adab al-Mufrad, Muslim, Suyūṭī
adab:884 –

'Umar said, "A man is reckoned to be lying when he gives voice to all that he hears." He said, "As for cases of indirect allusion, are they enough to keep a Muslim from lying?"

الأدب المفرد:٨٨٤ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ قَالَ أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ عُمَرَ فِيمَا أَرَى شَكَّ أَبِي أَنَّهُ قَالَ حَسْبُ امْرِئٍ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ

أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَ

muslim:i002 – [Chain 1] ʿUbaydullāh b. Muʿādh al-ʿAnbarī from my father [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Shuʿbah > Khubayb b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ḥafṣ b. ʿĀṣim > Abū Hurayrah

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "It is enough of a lie for a man to narrate everything he hears."

مسلم:i٠٠٢ – وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ خُبَيْبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «كَفَى بِالْمَرْءِ كَذِبًا أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَ۔»

muslim:i005 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh

‘It is enough of a lie for a man that he narrates everything he hears’.

مسلم:i٠٠٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

بِحَسْبِ الْمَرْءِ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَ

suyuti:2-317b – ʿUmar > Biḥsb al-Mʾmin Mn al-Kadhib
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السيوطي:٢-٣١٧ب –

"عَنْ عُمَرَ قَالَ: بِحسْبِ المؤمِن من الكَذِبِ أنْ يُحدِّث بِكُل مَا سَمِع".

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