Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 166
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، عَنْ أَبِي عَوَانَةَ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ، هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ، عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ، . وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ فِيهِ هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، . وَحَدِيثُ أَبِي عَوَانَةَ أَصَحُّ عِنْدَنَا لأَنَّ يَزِيدَ بْنَ هَارُونَ رَوَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، نَحْوَ رِوَايَةِ أَبِي عَوَانَةَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Abān narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī narrated to us, from Abū ʿAwānah, with the same chain and similar wording. Abū ʿĪsā said: Hushaym narrated this hadith from Abū Bishr, from Ḥabīb ibn Sālim, from al-Nuʿmān ibn Bashīr, omitting the link from Bashīr ibn Thābit. In our view, the report of Abū ʿAwānah is more authentic, because Yazīd ibn Hārūn narrated from Shuʿbah, from Abū Bishr, with wording similar to the narration of Abū ʿAwānah.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ فِيهِ هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ،
The compiler contrasts Hushaym’s shorter chain with Abū ʿAwānah’s route, then prefers Abū ʿAwānah’s version based on a similar transmission from Shuʿbah.
No decision requested; the competing chain forms and preference are attributed to the compiler.