al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3662
✧ Narration by Meaning
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قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ قَالَ: بَيْنَمَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ يُحَدِّثُ، وَابْنُ عُمَرَ ؓ عِنْدَهُ إِذْ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ:
مَثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ كَمَثَلِ شَاةٍ بَيْنَ رَبَضَيْنِ إِذَا أَتَتْ هَؤُلَاءِ نَطَحَتْهَا وَإِذَا أَتَتْ هَؤُلَاءِ نَطَحَتْهَا، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ؓ: لَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ إِنَّمَا قَالَ بَيْنَ غَنَمَيْنِ فَقَالَ عُبَيْدُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ: بَيْنَ رَبَضَيْنِ وَغَنَمَيْنِ وَاحِدٌ. فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ؓ: لَوْلَا أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُهُ لَمْ أَقُلْهُ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abū Dāwud
- al-Masʿūdī
- Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Ḥusayn
- Baynamā ʿUbayd b. ʿUmayr Yuḥaddith and Ibn ʿUmar ʿIndah Idh
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
✧ The example of the hypocrite is like a sheep between two flocks: when it goes to these, they butt it, and when it goes to those, they butt it. Ibn Umar ؓ said: It is not like that; rather, he said, "between two herds of sheep." Ubayd b. Umayr said: "Between two flocks" and "between two herds of sheep" are the same. Ibn Umar ؓ said: Had I not heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say it, I would not have said it.
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- One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثرصريح في السماع
- trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil)d. 114 AH, or 118 AH, also said: 115 AH, also said: 116 AH, also said: 117 AHمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍثقة فاضلعن
- Truthful (ṣadūq); he became confused (ikhtalaṭa) before his death, and the rule is: whoever heard from him in Baghdad heard after the confusion.d. 160 AH, also said: 165 AHالْمَسْعُودِيُّصدوق ، اختلط قبل موته ، وضابطه : أن من سمع منه ببغداد فبعد الاختلاطحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), who erred in some hadithsd. 203 AH, or 204 AHأَبُو دَاوُدَثقة حافظ , غلط في أحاديث
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Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.