Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2657
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، أَنْبَأَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " نَضَّرَ اللَّهُ امْرَأً سَمِعَ مِنَّا شَيْئًا فَبَلَّغَهُ كَمَا سَمِعَ فَرُبَّ مُبَلَّغٍ أَوْعَى مِنْ سَامِعٍ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Simak ibn Harb said: ‘I heard ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud narrate from his father, who said: I heard the Prophet say: “May Allah brighten the face of one who hears something from us and conveys it just as he heard it. Perhaps the one to whom it is conveyed will understand it better than the one who heard it.”’ Abu ‘Isa said: ‘This hadith is hasan sahih. ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Umayr also narrated it from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Abdullah.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
This wording emphasizes conveying the report as heard and says the recipient may be more understanding than the original hearer.