44/52. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 2535b — Wording in Hadith Transmission
The Virtues Of the Sahabah, Then Those Who Come After Them, Then Those Who Come After Them
Hadith Transmission About Generations and Vows
Sahih Muslim : 2535b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 2535b
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ بِشْرٍ، الْعَبْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ، كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ . وَفِي حَدِيثِهِمْ قَالَ لاَ أَدْرِي أَذَكَرَ بَعْدَ قَرْنِهِ قَرْنَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثَةً . وَفِي حَدِيثِ شَبَابَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ زَهْدَمَ بْنَ مُضَرِّبٍ وَجَاءَنِي فِي حَاجَةٍ عَلَى فَرَسٍ فَحَدَّثَنِي أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عِمْرَانَ بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ . وَفِي حَدِيثِ يَحْيَى وَشَبَابَةَ " يَنْذُرُونَ وَلاَ يَفُونَ " . وَفِي حَدِيثِ بَهْزٍ " يُوفُونَ " . كَمَا قَالَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ .
Shu'ba Narrated from:
I do not know whether he made a mention of two generations after his generation or of the third one too. Shababa said: I heard this from Zahdam b. Mudarrib as he came to me riding a horse for some need and he narrated it to me that he had heard it from 'Imran b. Husain, and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Yahya and Shababa (the words are): They take an oath but they do not fulfil it, and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Bahz there the word is Yafun as transmitted on the authority of Ibn Ja'far.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2535bIn-book reference : Book 44, Hadith 305USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 31, Hadith 6157
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 2535b
This report preserves the same hadith from Imran b. Husain through related chains and notes wording details. It mentions uncertainty about whether two or three generations after the Prophet's generation were named. It also records a detail from Shababa, who heard it from Zahdam b. Mudarrib when Zahdam came to him riding a horse for a need. The report notes wording differences about vows: in some wording, people take vows but do not fulfill them. This narration is mainly about accurate transmission. It shows that narrators preserved the chain, the setting of hearing, and even small differences in the wording of the report.
What we learn from this hadith
- The report preserves several chains for the same hadith meaning.
- Narrators recorded uncertainty about the number of generations mentioned.
- Differences in wording about vows were carefully noted.
- The text shows care in passing down hadith details.
