al-Umr wa al-Shayb 69

Ibn Abi al-Dunya

«أَيُّ بَيْتٍ قَالَتِ الْعَرَبُ أَشْعَرُ؟ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: قَوْلُ الْقَائِلِ»

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 أبو الحسن التميمي صدوق
  3. حدثنا يونس بن عبد الأعلى ثقة
The text as printed

حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الْحَسَنِ التَّمِيمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى: أَيُّ بَيْتٍ قَالَتِ الْعَرَبُ أَشْعَرُ؟ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: قَوْلُ الْقَائِلِ:

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 د. نجم عبد الله خلف No. 69 Page