المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah
كتاب العلم
Book of Knowledge
بَابُ الرواية بالمعنى
Narrating 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 رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا عِنْدَهُ إِذْ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : مَثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ كَمَثَلِ شَاةٍ بَيْنَ رَبَضَيْنِ إِذَا أَتَتْ هَؤُلَاءِ نَطَحَتْهَا وَإِذَا أَتَتْ هَؤُلَاءِ نَطَحَتْهَا ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا : لَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ إِنَّمَا قَالَ بَيْنَ غَنَمَيْنِ فَقَالَ عُبَيْدُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ : بَيْنَ رَبَضَيْنِ وَغَنَمَيْنِ وَاحِدٌ . فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا : لَوْلَا أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُهُ لَمْ أَقُلْهُ .
It is narrated from Muhammad bin Ali bin Husayn (may Allah have mercy on him) that while Ubayd bin Umayr (may Allah have mercy on him) was narrating hadith, and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) was sitting with him, Ubayd said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The hypocrite is like a sheep (bewildered) between two flocks or folds (rabadayn): when it comes to these, they butt it and drive it away, and when it goes to the others, they butt it." Then Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said (correcting the wording): "It is not like that; rather, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said the words 'bayna ghanamayn' (between two flocks)." At this Ubayd bin Umayr (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "'Bayna rabadayn' and 'ghanamayn' have one and the same meaning." Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said (making clear the importance of the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) exact words): "Had I not heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) myself saying it (with the word ghanamayn), I would never have said this."
Imam Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi (may Allah have mercy on him) recorded this hadith in his Musnad. This report shows the utmost caution and technical precision of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) in transmitting the words of hadith exactly as they were.
Imam Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi (may Allah have mercy on him) recorded this hadith in his Musnad. This report shows the utmost caution and technical precision of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) in transmitting the words of hadith exactly as they were.
وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى : حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْبَاهِلِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ دَاوُدَ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ رَجَاءِ بْنِ حَيْوَةَ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي مَالِكٍ ، وَرَبِيعَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ ، وَمَكْحُولٍ قَالُوا : إِنَّ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ، كَانَ إِذَا حَدَّثَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَدِيثًا قَالَ : هَكَذَا أَوْ شَكْلُهُ .
3065 \ 2 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ دَاوُدَ بِهِ .
3065 \ 3 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنُ بْنُ عِيسَى ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بِهِ .
3065 \ 2 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ دَاوُدَ بِهِ .
3065 \ 3 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنُ بْنُ عِيسَى ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بِهِ .
Yazid bin Abi Malik, Rabi'ah bin Yazid and Makhul relate that whenever Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated a blessed hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he would say (out of utmost caution): "(The matter) is like this, or similar and close to it."
Abu Ya'la recorded it through the chain of Ahmad bin Ishaq al-Bahili, from Ibn Dawud, from Asim bin Raja bin Haywah.
Abu Abdullah al-Muqaddami also narrated it through Abdullah bin Dawud with the same chain mentioned above.
Furthermore, Muhammad bin Qudamah also transmitted it from Rabi'ah bin Yazid through Ma'n bin Isa and Mu'awiyah bin Salih.
Abu Ya'la recorded it through the chain of Ahmad bin Ishaq al-Bahili, from Ibn Dawud, from Asim bin Raja bin Haywah.
Abu Abdullah al-Muqaddami also narrated it through Abdullah bin Dawud with the same chain mentioned above.
Furthermore, Muhammad bin Qudamah also transmitted it from Rabi'ah bin Yazid through Ma'n bin Isa and Mu'awiyah bin Salih.
وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ : حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ هُوَ ابْنُ هَارُونَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَصْبَغُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ الْوَرَّاقُ ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ دُرَيْكٍ ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : مَنْ يَقُلْ عَلَيَّ مَا لَمْ أَقُلْ أَوِ ادَّعَى إِلَيَّ أَوِ انْتَمَى إِلَى غَيْرِ مَوَالِيهِ ، فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْ جَهَنَّمَ مَقْعَدًا قِيلَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَهَلْ لَهَا عَيْنَانِ ؟ قَالَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : نَعَمْ ، أَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا إِلَى قَوْلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ : إِذَا رَأَتْهُمْ مِنْ مَكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ سَمِعُوا لَهَا تَغَيُّظًا وَزَفِيرًا
فَكَفَفْنَا عَنِ الْحَدِيثِ حَتَّى أَنْكَرَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ شَأْنِنَا ، فَقَالَ لَنَا : مَا لِي لَا أَسْمَعُكُمْ تَتَحَدَّثُونَ ؟ قُلْنَا : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَكَيْفَ نَتَحَدَّثُ وَقَدْ قُلْتَ مَا قُلْتَ ؟ وَنَحْنُ لَا نُقِيمُ الْحَدِيثَ نُقَدِّمُ وَنُؤَخِّرُ ، وَنَزِيدُ وَنُنْقِصُ ، فَقَالَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ عَنَيْتُ وَإِنَّمَا عَنَيْتُ مَنْ أَرَادَ عَيْبِي وَشَيْنَ الْإِسْلَامِ .
فَكَفَفْنَا عَنِ الْحَدِيثِ حَتَّى أَنْكَرَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ شَأْنِنَا ، فَقَالَ لَنَا : مَا لِي لَا أَسْمَعُكُمْ تَتَحَدَّثُونَ ؟ قُلْنَا : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَكَيْفَ نَتَحَدَّثُ وَقَدْ قُلْتَ مَا قُلْتَ ؟ وَنَحْنُ لَا نُقِيمُ الْحَدِيثَ نُقَدِّمُ وَنُؤَخِّرُ ، وَنَزِيدُ وَنُنْقِصُ ، فَقَالَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ عَنَيْتُ وَإِنَّمَا عَنَيْتُ مَنْ أَرَادَ عَيْبِي وَشَيْنَ الْإِسْلَامِ .
It is narrated from a Companion of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever attributes to me something I did not say, or makes a (false) claim, or ascribes himself to other than his (freeing) masters, let him take his seat between the two eyes of Hell." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah, does Hell have two eyes?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes. Have you not heard the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: 'When it sees them from a distant place, they will hear its raging and roaring' [Surah al-Furqan: 12]?"
The narrator says: Then we stopped narrating hadith (out of fear of this warning), until the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) expressed his displeasure at this conduct of ours and asked us: "What is the matter, that I do not hear you narrating hadith?" We said: "O Messenger of Allah, how can we narrate hadith when you have stated the warning you have stated? And we do not preserve the hadith (word for word); sometimes we put a word before and sometimes after, and sometimes there is addition or omission in it." At this he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I did not mean those (human errors); rather, I spoke about the one who intends to find fault with me and to disfigure Islam."
The narrator says: Then we stopped narrating hadith (out of fear of this warning), until the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) expressed his displeasure at this conduct of ours and asked us: "What is the matter, that I do not hear you narrating hadith?" We said: "O Messenger of Allah, how can we narrate hadith when you have stated the warning you have stated? And we do not preserve the hadith (word for word); sometimes we put a word before and sometimes after, and sometimes there is addition or omission in it." At this he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I did not mean those (human errors); rather, I spoke about the one who intends to find fault with me and to disfigure Islam."
