Caution: Translations of Quran and Ḥadīth may lead to possible misapplications and misinterpretations. This site is intended for students of sacred knowledge that are proficient in comprehending classical Arabic and have a strong foundation in Islamic sciences. Also note that religious injunctions rely on several aspects beyond what one may glean through reading individual aḥādīth.
nasai-kubra:6141Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad > Shuʿbah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Abū Ṣafwān b. ʿUmayrah

[Machine] I sent a message to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ regarding the ruling on wearing shorts before the migration. Abu Abdur Rahman answered me, and the hadith of Sufyan seems more correct than the hadith of Shu'bah.  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦١٤١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا صَفْوَانَ بْنُ عُمَيْرَةَ قَالَ

بِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ ﷺ رَحْلَ سَرَاوِيلَ قَبْلَ الْهِجْرَةِ فَأَرْجَحَ لِي قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَحَدِيثُ سُفْيَانَ أَشْبَهُ بِالصَّوَابِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ شُعْبَةَ