Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Book 14, Hadith 265
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَجْلاَنَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَوْ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّكَ تُدَاعِبُنَا؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي لاَ أَقُولُ إِلا حَقًّا.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abd Allah ibn Salih narrated to us, saying: al-Layth narrated to me, saying: Ibn ‘Ajlan narrated to me, from his father—or from Sa‘id—from Abu Hurayra, who said: They asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, do you banter with us?’ He replied, ‘I say nothing but the truth.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَوْ سَعِيدٍ،
The chain itself preserves an alternative narrator, his father or Sa‘id.
Retain the transmitted alternative unless another witness resolves it.