Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim 11b
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ مَالِكٍ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَفْلَحَ وَأَبِيهِ إِنْ صَدَقَ " . أَوْ " دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ وَأَبِيهِ إِنْ صَدَقَ " .
Yahya ibn Ayyub and Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to me, both from Isma'il ibn Ja'far, from Abu Suhayl, from his father, from Talhah ibn Ubaydullah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), with a report like Malik's, except that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘He will prosper, by his father, if he is truthful,’ or, ‘He will enter Paradise, by his father, if he is truthful.’
Translation notes
أَفْلَحَ وَأَبِيهِ إِنْ صَدَقَ
The report explicitly includes the oath-like phrase وَأَبِيهِ (‘by his father’). Its rhetorical force and how it should be presented in a contemporary English translation merit qualified review.
Should the wording be retained literally in the main text, with an editorial note, or handled by another source-based convention?