Musnad Ahmad 11403

Translation

✧ It was narrated from the Prophet ﷺ that he said: "Let not fear of people prevent any of you from speaking the truth when they see it or know it."

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What scholars said about it

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• Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr

  ليس من الأحاديث التي لا مطعن فيها لأنه انفرد به علي بن زيد بن جدعان وقد كان شعبة يتكلم فيه

  machine translationIt is not among the hadiths that are free of criticism, because ʿAlī b. Zayd b. Judʿān was alone in narrating it, and Shuʿbah used to speak against him. Report a problem

  in مسند أحمد, p. 11520

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

   He and his father were Companions (ṣuḥbah).d. 63 AH, or 64 AH, or 65 AH, or 74 AH
   أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّله ولأبيه صحبة
   يحدث
2. 2
   al-Mundhir b. Mālik al-ʿAwqī

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. During the governorship of Ibn Hubayrah (103–105 AH), or 108 AH, or 109 AH
   أَبَا نَضْرَةَثقة
   سمع
3. 3
   Abū Maslamah

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 131 AH and 140 AH
   أَبِي مَسْلَمَةَثقة
   عن
4. 4
   Shuʿbah

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), meticulous (mutqin)d. 160 AH
   شُعْبَةُثقة حافظ , متقن
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar

   Trustworthy (thiqah), his book was sound (ṣaḥīḥ al-kitāb), except that he had some heedlessness (ghaflah)d. 192 AH or 193 AH or 194 AH
   مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍثقة صحيح الكتاب إلا أن فيه غفلة
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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