Sahih Ibn Hibban 68

Translation

✧ "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said, 'May Allah have mercy on the one who hears a hadith from me and conveys it as he heard it, for perhaps the one who conveys it understands it better than the one who hears it.'"

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Other narrations of this report

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2657

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

   One of the earliest and foremost (al-sābiqūn al-awwalūn), and one of the leading scholars among the Companions; his virtues are manyd. 28 AH, or 32 AH, 33 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍمن السابقين الأولين ، ومن كبار العلماء من الصحابة ، مناقبه جمة
   عن
2. 2
   ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 79 AH, also said: 89 AH
   عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِثقة
   عن
3. 3
   Simāk b. Ḥarb al-Bakrī

   Truthful (ṣadūq); his narrations from ʿIkrimah in particular are inconsistent (muḍṭarib); he changed (taghayyara) towards the end of his life, and at times he would accept prompting (yulaqqan).d. 123 AH
   سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍصدوق , وروايته عن عكرمة خاصة مضطربة , وقد تغير بأخرة ، فكان ربما يلقن
   حدثني
4. 4
   Shaybān

   trustworthy (thiqah), he has a bookd. 164 AH
   شَيْبَانُثقة , صاحب كتاب
   حدثنا
5. 5
   al-Walīd b. Muslim

   Trustworthy (thiqah), but he very often practiced concealment (tadlīs) and levelling (taswiyah).d. 194, or 195 AH, or 196 AH
   الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍثقة ، لكنه كثير التدليس والتسوية
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Ṣafwān b. Ṣāliḥ

   trustworthy (thiqah). And he used to practise concealment of equalisation (tadlīs al-taswiyah), said by Abū Zurʿah al-Dimashqīd. 237 AH, or 238 AH, or 239 AH
   صَفْوَانُ بْنُ صَالِحٍثقة . وكان يدلس تدليس التسوية ، قاله أبو زرعة الدمشقي
   حدثنا
7. 7
   al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān

   d. 303 AH
   الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ
   أخبرنا
8. 8
   Ibn Ḥibbān

   d. 354 AH
   ابن حبان

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