Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2839
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ ـ هُوَ ابْنُ زَيْدٍ ـ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ فِي غَزَاةٍ فَقَالَ " إِنَّ أَقْوَامًا بِالْمَدِينَةِ خَلْفَنَا، مَا سَلَكْنَا شِعْبًا وَلاَ وَادِيًا إِلاَّ وَهُمْ مَعَنَا فِيهِ، حَبَسَهُمُ الْعُذْرُ " . وَقَالَ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم. قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَوَّلُ أَصَحُّ.
Anas reported that the Prophet ﷺ was on an expedition and said: “Some people have remained behind in Medina. We did not travel through a mountain pass or a valley without them being with us; an excuse has held them back.” Musa also narrated it: Hammad told us, from Humayd, from Musa bin Anas, from his father, that the Prophet ﷺ said this. Abu Abd Allah said: “The first version is more sound.”
Translation notes
The Arabic contains a second transmission route and the compiler’s assessment, both omitted from the English witness and included here.
وَقَالَ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم. قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَوَّلُ أَصَحُّ.
The English witness omits the alternate transmission route and the compiler’s statement preferring the first version.
Should the omitted source material be documented as a witness scope difference?