Sunan ad-Darimi 467

Translation

Az-Zuhri brought a hadith, and I met him on some road, so I took hold of his rein and said, 'O Abu Bakr, repeat to me the hadith which you told us.' He said, 'Do you want me to repeat the hadith?' I said, 'Would you not have the hadith repeated?' He said, 'No.' I said, 'And do you not write it down?' He said, 'No.'

Grades by grader

Narrators

1. 1
   al-Zuhrī

   The jurist and memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), whose eminence, precision and reliability are agreed upond. Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah and others said: 123 AH. The nephew of al-Zuhrī and others said: 124 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 125 AH
   الزُّهْرِيُّالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبته
   في حكم العنعنة
2. 2
   Mālik b. Anas

   The jurist (al-faqīh), the Imam of the Abode of Migration (Imām Dār al-Hijrah), the head of the proficient masters, and the foremost among the meticulous.d. 178 AH, or 179 AH
   مَالِكَ بْنَ أَنَسٍالفقيه ، إمام دار الهجرة ، رأس المتقنين ، وكبير المتثبتين
   سمعت
3. 3
   ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), knowledgeable of the narrators and of ḥadīthd. 198 AH
   عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ مَهْدِيٍّثقة ثبت حافظ ، عارف بالرجال والحديث
   سمعت
4. 4
   Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abī Khalaf

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 236 AH, or 237 AH
   مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍثقة
   أخبرنا
5. 5
   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.