12/33. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1038b — Another Chain on Pressing Requests
The prohibition of Begging
Hadith Chain About Not Pressing in Requests
Sahih Muslim : 1038b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1038b
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ الْمَكِّيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، حَدَّثَنِي وَهْبُ بْنُ، مُنَبِّهٍ - وَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ فِي دَارِهِ بِصَنْعَاءَ فَأَطْعَمَنِي مِنْ جَوْزَةٍ فِي دَارِهِ - عَنْ أَخِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ . فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ .
Amr b. Dinar reported from Wahb b. Munabbih: I went to his house in San'a' and he offered me nuts grown in his house to eat. And his brother said: I heard Mu'awiya b. Abu Sufyan saying that he had heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying, and then he made a mention (of a hadith) like one mentioned above.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1038bIn-book reference : Book 12, Hadith 128USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 5, Hadith 2259
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1038b
This narration is connected to the hadith about not pressing people when asking. The report mentions that Amr b. Dinar visited Wahb b. Munabbih in his house in San'a, and Wahb offered him nuts grown in his house. Then Wahb’s brother narrated that he heard Mu'awiya b. Abu Sufyan say that he heard the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم). The text then says that he mentioned a hadith like the one before it. Since the previous narration warns against pressing in asking and receiving something when the giver dislikes it, this chain supports that same message. The focus here is the transmission route and the repeated preservation of the teaching about restraint in asking.
What we learn from this hadith
- This narration supports the previous report through another route.
- It connects Mu'awiya b. Abu Sufyan to the same prophetic teaching.
- The report helps preserve the warning against pressing in requests.
- It shows how narrators passed on the same meaning with care.
