The Hadith of Khaythama ibn Sulayman

Khaythama ibn Sulayman

«قَالَ: كُنَّا إِذَا سَأَلْنَا أَبَا عَاصِمٍ عَنْ شَيْخٍ لَيْسَ بِمَعْرُوفٍ , قَالَ: مِنْ دَوَابِّ الْبَرِّ»

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

The text as printed

حَدَّثَنَا الْكُدَيْمِيُّ , قَالَ: كُنَّا إِذَا سَأَلْنَا أَبَا عَاصِمٍ عَنْ شَيْخٍ لَيْسَ بِمَعْرُوفٍ , قَالَ: مِنْ دَوَابِّ الْبَرِّ

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.