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Sahih Muslim 13 — Beware of Strange Reports
The Prohibition of Narrating Everything One Hears
Beware of Strange Hadith Reports: A Lesson in Caution
Sahih Muslim : 13
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 13
وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُقَدَّمٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ، قَالَ سَأَلَنِي إِيَاسُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَرَاكَ قَدْ كَلِفْتَ بِعِلْمِ الْقُرْآنِ فَاقْرَأْ عَلَىَّ سُورَةً وَفَسِّرْ حَتَّى أَنْظُرَ فِيمَا عَلِمْتَ . قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ . فَقَالَ لِيَ احْفَظْ عَلَىَّ مَا أَقُولُ لَكَ إِيَّاكَ وَالشَّنَاعَةَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ فَإِنَّهُ قَلَّمَا حَمَلَهَا أَحَدٌ إِلاَّ ذَلَّ فِي نَفْسِهِ وَكُذِّبَ فِي حَدِيثِهِ .
Sufyān bin Husayn Narrated from:
Iyās bin Mu’āwiyah asked me saying: ‘Indeed I see that you love knowledge of the Qur’ān, so recite for me a Sūrah and explain it until I can reflect on what you know’. [Sufyān] said, so I did that, and [Iyās] said to me: ‘Memorize from me what I am about to say to you- Beware of abominations in Ḥadīth for indeed rarely does anyone convey them except he lowers himself and his Ḥadīth are denied’.’
Reference : Sahih Muslim Introduction 13In-book reference : Introduction, Narration 12
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 13
This narration gives advice from Iyas bin Muawiyah after he listened to Sufyan explain a surah. He warned him to beware of abominations in hadith. The text says that rarely does someone carry such reports except that he lowers himself and his hadith are denied. The core topic is hadith caution. The teaching is not about rejecting knowledge. It is about staying away from reports that damage trust and lead people to deny what a person narrates. People searching for strange hadith reports or hadith verification will find this warning direct. A student of knowledge should care about what he carries, not only how much he carries.
What we learn from this hadith
- Students should be careful about strange or rejected reports.
- Carrying bad reports can harm a narrator’s standing.
- Knowledge should be shared with care and judgment.
- Trust in narration can be damaged by careless choices.
