Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 4621
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ، قَالَ كُنْتُ أَسِيرُ بِالشَّامِ فَنَادَانِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ خَلْفِي فَالْتَفَتُّ فَإِذَا رَجَاءُ بْنُ حَيْوَةَ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَوْنٍ مَا هَذَا الَّذِي يَذْكُرُونَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنَّهُمْ يَكْذِبُونَ عَلَى الْحَسَنِ كَثِيرًا .
Translation
Muhammad ibn Ubayd narrated to us; Sulaym narrated to us, from Ibn Awn, who said: I was traveling in Syria when a man called me from behind. I turned around and saw that it was Raja ibn Haywa. He said, ‘Abu Awn, what is this that people are saying about al-Hasan?’ I replied, ‘They often lie about al-Hasan.’