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مسند الشهاب
Musnad Shihab
Hadiths 1201 to 1400
بِئْسَ مَطِيَّةُ الرَّجُلِ زَعَمُواWhat a bad mount for a man is "they said"
Hadith 1336
اُردوEn
1336 - أنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي سَعِيدِ بْنِ سَخْتَوَيْهِ، بِمَكَّةَ، أنا زَاهِرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ، نا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، أنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، نا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ: قِيلَ لَهُ: مَا سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ فِي زَعَمُوا؟ قَالَ: «بِئْسَ مَطِيَّةُ الرَّجُلِ»
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he was asked: What did you hear the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say about “za‘amū”? He said: “It is a very bad mount for a man.”
Brief Explanation
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The meaning of "za‘amū" is: people think, people say. Some people have the habit that when they want to narrate something baseless, they say, "people say this," or "regarding so-and-so, people have this opinion," and so on. Out of fear of being refuted, they do not mention any specific person's name by saying that so-and-so said this; rather, by saying "people say" or "it is narrated," they spread hearsay and baseless things without any investigation or verification. Just as a person mounts a ride and sets off toward his intended destination, in the same way, by speaking in this manner, a person can go in whatever direction he wishes. For this reason, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) called it a bad mount and advised us to exercise complete caution in the matters of narration, transmission, and stories, and not to narrate anything without investigation.
The meaning of "za‘amū" is: people think, people say. Some people have the habit that when they want to narrate something baseless, they say, "people say this," or "regarding so-and-so, people have this opinion," and so on. Out of fear of being refuted, they do not mention any specific person's name by saying that so-and-so said this; rather, by saying "people say" or "it is narrated," they spread hearsay and baseless things without any investigation or verification. Just as a person mounts a ride and sets off toward his intended destination, in the same way, by speaking in this manner, a person can go in whatever direction he wishes. For this reason, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) called it a bad mount and advised us to exercise complete caution in the matters of narration, transmission, and stories, and not to narrate anything without investigation.
