33/34. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1889c — Repeated Transmission
The virtue of Jihad and keeping watch over the frontier
Repeated Hadith Transmission About the Best Life
Sahih Muslim : 1889c
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1889c
وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَ أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ بَعْجَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْجُهَنِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمَعْنَى حَدِيثِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ بَعْجَةَ وَقَالَ " فِي شِعْبٍ مِنَ الشِّعَابِ " .
Two more versions of the tradition narrated by 'Abdullah b. Badr and Abu Huraira, respectively, have been handed down through different chains of transmitters with negligible difference in the wording.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1889cIn-book reference : Book 33, Hadith 187USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 20, Hadith 4657
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1889c
This entry notes that two more versions of the same tradition were handed down through different chains, with only negligible difference in wording. The topic remains the best kind of life described in the connected report: readiness in the way of Allah and a simple life of prayer, Zakat, and worship until death. For readers searching Sahih Muslim 1889c, this narration is mainly about preservation and repeated transmission. It does not add a new scene in the translation provided. Instead, it supports the same message through additional chains. The repeated wording helps readers see that the meaning was carried carefully: a believer’s life is praised when it is tied to worship, duty, and good.
What we learn from this hadith
- Different chains can preserve the same Hadith meaning.
- The wording difference is described as negligible.
- The connected theme is readiness, prayer, Zakat, and worship.
- The report supports careful transmission of a repeated narration.
