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tirmidhi:1992Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Usāmah > Sharīk > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Anas b. Mālik

"O possessor of two ears!" Mahmud said: "Abu Usamah said: 'He only meant it as a joke.'"  

الترمذي:١٩٩٢حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ شَرِيكٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الأَحْوَلِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُ يَا ذَا الأُذُنَيْنِ قَالَ مَحْمُودٌ قَالَ أَبُو أُسَامَةَ يَعْنِي مَازَحَهُ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ  


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tirmidhi:3828Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Usāmah > Sharīk > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Anas > Rubbamā

that the Prophet ﷺ said to him: "O possessor of two ears!" (One of the narrators) Abu Usamah said: 'He only meant it as a joke.'  

الترمذي:٣٨٢٨حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ شَرِيكٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الأَحْوَلِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ رُبَّمَا قَالَ

لِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَا ذَا الأُذُنَيْنِ قَالَ أَبُو أُسَامَةَ يَعْنِي يُمَازِحُهُ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ صَحِيحٌ