Sunan ad-Darimi 203

Translation

✧ Beware of measuring out (i.e., engaging in excessive debate) in speech.

Grades by grader

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

   Commander of the Faithful (amīr al-muʾminīn), well-known, of abundant virtues (jamm al-manāqib)d. 23 AH, also said: 24 AH
   عُمَر بْن الْخَطَّابأمير المؤمنين مشهور جم المناقب
   قال
2. 2
   Mujāhid b. Jabr al-Makhzūmī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), an imam in Quranic exegesis and in knowledge.d. 100 AH, or 101 AH, or 102 AH, or 103 AH, or 104 AH, or 107 AH
   مُجَاهِدٍثقة ، إمام في التفسير وفي العلم
   عن
3. 3
   Layth

   Truthful (ṣadūq), his memory became badly confused (ikhtilāṭ), his hadith could not be distinguished, so he was abandonedd. 138 AH, or 141 AH, or 142 AH, or 143 AH, or 148 AH
   لَيْثٍصدوق اختلط جدا ، ولم يتميز حديثه فترك
   عن
4. 4
   Sufyān al-Thawrī

   trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), devout (ʿābid), an imam and authority (ḥujjah)d. 159 AH or 160 AH or 161 AH or 162 AH
   سُفْيَانُثقة حافظ , فقيه عابد ، إمام حجة
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Abū Nuʿaym

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 218 AH, 219 AH
   أَبُو نُعَيْمٍثقة ثبت
   أخبرنا
6. 6
   al-Dārimī

   trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil), meticulous (mutqin)d. 254 AH, or 255 AH, also said: 250 AH
   الدارميثقة ، فاضل ، متقن

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Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.