Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 884
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ قَالَ أَبِي: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُمَرَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ، فِيمَا أَرَى شَكَّ أَبِي، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: حَسْبُ امْرِئٍ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Al-Hasan ibn ‘Umar related to us, saying: Mu‘tamir related to us. My father said: Ibn ‘Umar related to us, from ‘Umar—as I think; my father was uncertain—that he said: “It is enough for a man to be considered a liar that he narrates everything he hears.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
حَسْبُ امْرِئٍ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَ
The English witness adds a separate sentence about indirect allusion that does not occur in the supplied Arabic text.
Should the added sentence be removed or traced to another source?