4/42. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 487b — Another Chain for the Same Prayer Report
What Is To Be Said While Bowing And Prostrating
Hadith Chain for the Same Ruku and Sujood Report
Sahih Muslim : 487b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 487b
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، أَخْبَرَنِي قَتَادَةُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُطَرِّفَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَحَدَّثَنِي هِشَامٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ .
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'A'isha by another chain of transmitters.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 487bIn-book reference : Book 4, Hadith 254USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 4, Hadith 988
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 487b
This entry is different from many longer Hadith texts because it mainly tells us that the same Hadith was narrated from ‘A’isha through another chain of transmitters. The wording does not add a new prayer phrase in the translation, but it points back to the same report mentioned before it. Its value is in showing how the report was carried and preserved through more than one route. For readers, this is a reminder that Hadith learning is not only about the final wording. It also includes the way a narration reaches us. The core subject remains the prayer report from ‘A’isha, while this entry supports it through another chain.
What we learn from this hadith
- Some Hadith entries record chains of transmission, not only new wording.
- A repeated chain can support the preservation of a report.
- This narration points back to the same report from ‘A’isha.
- Hadith study pays attention to both the text and the transmitters.
