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Sahih Muslim 66 — Lying in Hadith Reports
Unveiling Defects of the Transmitters of Ḥadīth and Relaters of Reports and the Statements of the A’immah Regarding That
Hadith Authentication and Lying in Narration
Sahih Muslim : 66
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 66
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ الْحُلْوَانِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا نُعَيْمُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، قَالَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا نُعَيْمُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، قَالَ كَانَ عَمْرُو بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ يَكْذِبُ فِي الْحَدِيثِ .
Al-Hasan al-Hulwānī narrated to us, he said Nu’aym bin Hammād narrated to us, he said Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm bin Muhammad bin Sufyān said; and Muhammad bin Yahyā narrated to us, he said, Nu’aym bin Hammād narrated to us, Abū Dāwud at-Tayālisī narrated to us, on authority of Shu’bah, on authority of Yūnus bin Ubayd, he said: ‘Amr bin Ubayd would lie regarding Ḥadīth’.
Reference : Sahih Muslim Introduction 66In-book reference : Introduction, Narration 65
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 66
This narration is short, but its message is strong. Yunus bin Ubayd is reported to have said that Amr bin Ubayd would lie regarding Hadith. The core topic is hadith authentication and the danger of lying in narration. The report does not give a long story here. It gives a clear judgment from a transmitter about a person’s reliability in Hadith. This matters because Hadith is carried through people. If a person is known for lying in Hadith, then reports from him need serious caution. The narration teaches that truthfulness is not an extra quality; it is part of the trust needed to transmit Hadith.
What we learn from this hadith
- Truthfulness is needed for anyone who narrates Hadith.
- A known problem in narration affects trust in a transmitter.
- Short warnings from scholars can protect people from weak reports.
- Hadith should be taken from reliable sources.
