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Sahih Muslim 6 — Beware of Unknown New Narrations
The Weak Narrators, Liars, and Those Whose Hadith are Avoided
Beware of False Narrators: Hadith About Unheard Reports
Sahih Muslim : 6
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 6
وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو هَانِئٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ، مُسْلِمِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ قَالَ " سَيَكُونُ فِي آخِرِ أُمَّتِي أُنَاسٌ يُحَدِّثُونَكُمْ مَا لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا أَنْتُمْ وَلاَ آبَاؤُكُمْ فَإِيَّاكُمْ وَإِيَّاهُمْ " .
Abī Hurayrah Narrated from:
There will be in the last of my nation a people narrating to you what you nor your fathers heard, so beware of them’.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 6In-book reference : Introduction, Narration 14
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 6
This hadith warns about people in the later part of the nation who will narrate things that neither the listeners nor their fathers heard before. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah upon him, said to beware of them. The core topic is false narrators. The text teaches caution when new and unknown religious claims appear. It does not tell a person to reject truth just because it is new to him personally. It gives a warning about people who bring strange reports and asks believers to be alert. People searching for end of time false narrators hadith will find this wording very close to the text.
What we learn from this hadith
- Be careful with strange reports that appear without known roots.
- The Prophet warned about people bringing unheard narrations.
- Not every religious claim should be accepted quickly.
- Beware of narrators who spread unknown reports.
