al-Zuhd wa Sifat al-Zahidin 43

Abu Said ibn al-Arabi

«يَقُولُ: " الزَّاهِدُ لَا يَقُولُ لِأَحَدٍ: اسْقِنِي شَرْبَةَ مَاءٍ "»

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

The chain

  1. Abu Said ibn al-Arabi
  2. حدثنا أحمد ثقة حافظ
  3. حدثنا عبد الصمد صدوق, ثبت في شعبة
The text as printed

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي الْحَوَارِي قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سُلَيْمَانَ يَقُولُ: " الزَّاهِدُ لَا يَقُولُ لِأَحَدٍ: اسْقِنِي شَرْبَةَ مَاءٍ "

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 مجدي فتحي السيد No. 43 Page