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Sahih Muslim 29 — Accept Reports from Reliable Sources
That Which is Related to the Statements ‘The Chain of Narration is from the Religion’; ‘Transmissions are not Taken Except from Trustworthy Narrators’; and ‘Criticism of the Narrators With What is Permissible Regarding Them, Even Obligatory and That It is not the Prohibited Kind of Backbiting, Rather it is the Defense of the Noble Sharī’ah’
Trustworthy Narrators: A Clear Rule for Accepting Reports
Sahih Muslim : 29
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 29
وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدَّارِمِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَرْوَانُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ الدِّمَشْقِيَّ - حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى، قَالَ قُلْتُ لِطَاوُسٍ إِنَّ فُلاَنًا حَدَّثَنِي بِكَذَا، وَكَذَا، . قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ صَاحِبُكَ مَلِيًّا فَخُذْ عَنْهُ .
Sulaymān bin Mūsā Narrated from:
I said to Tāwus: ‘So-and-so narrated to me like this-and-that’. He said: ‘If your companion is trustworthy, then take from him.’
Reference : Sahih Muslim Introduction 29In-book reference : Introduction, Narration 28
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 29
This narration repeats the same practical guidance found in the previous report. Sulayman bin Musa mentioned that someone narrated something to him, and Tawus answered: if the companion is trustworthy, then take from him. The wording is simple, and that makes the lesson easy to remember. The hadith topic is trustworthy narrators and reliable hadith transmission. It shows that the value of a report is connected to the person who carries it. The narration also shows that asking about a narrator is not a small side issue. It is part of protecting knowledge. A person who wants to learn religion should not be shy to care about sources. Taking knowledge from reliable people is a basic safeguard.
What we learn from this hadith
- A report is stronger when it comes through a trustworthy person.
- The reliability of the source should be checked before taking knowledge.
- Asking about narrators helps protect religious learning.
- Trust is not based on wording alone; the carrier of the report matters.
