al-Tawadu wa al-Khumul 42

Ibn Abi al-Dunya

«يَقُولُ: «كَثْرَةُ الْإِخْوَانِ مِنْ سَخَافَةِ الدِّينِ»»

Its text does not say these are the Prophet’s words ﷺ, so they are not framed in gold.

The chain

  1. Ibn Abi al-Dunya
  2. حدثني سلمة ثقة
  3. حدثنا قبيصة صدوق ربما خالف
  4. سمعت سفيان ثقة حافظ, فقيه عابد، إمام حجة
The text as printed

حَدَّثَنِي سَلَمَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ سُفْيَانَ يَقُولُ: «كَثْرَةُ الْإِخْوَانِ مِنْ سَخَافَةِ الدِّينِ»

Rulings on it

The early critics’ verdicts on this hadith have not been extracted from their books yet: they are in their texts, and their extraction is coming.

In its editions

  • تحقيق محمد عبد القادر أحمد عطا No. 42 Page