Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 39

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ ‏ "‏ مَنْ حَدَّثَ عَنِّي حَدِيثًا وَهُوَ يَرَى أَنَّهُ كَذِبٌ فَهُوَ أَحَدُ الْكَاذِبَيْنِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Waki narrated to us. (Another chain:) Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Jafar narrated to us. Both said: Shubah narrated to us, from al-Hakam, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla, from Samurah ibn Jundub, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: Whoever narrates a report from me while believing it to be false is one of the two liars.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The Arabic gives two routes that converge at Shubah: one through Waki and one through Muhammad ibn Jafar. The warning says the transmitter who believes the report false is one of the two liars, without spelling out the two parties as the English witness does elsewhere.