Musnad al-Muwatta of al-Jawhari 56

Abu al-Qasim al-Jawhari

««السُّنَّةُ الْمُتَقَدِّمَةُ مِنْ سُنَّةِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ» .»

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

The chain

  1. Abu al-Qasim al-Jawhari
  2. حدثنا عبد الرحمن بن مهدي ثقة ثبت حافظ، عارف بالرجال والحديث
The text as printed

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الذُّهْلِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو قُدَامَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ «السُّنَّةُ الْمُتَقَدِّمَةُ مِنْ سُنَّةِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ» .

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 لطفي بن محمد الصغير No. 56 Page