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Sahih Muslim 69 — Checking Hadith Reports
Unveiling Defects of the Transmitters of Ḥadīth and Relaters of Reports and the Statements of the A’immah Regarding That
Checking Hadith Authenticity Through Direct Hearing
Sahih Muslim : 69
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 69
وَحَدَّثَنِي حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ زَيْدٍ، - يَعْنِي حَمَّادًا - قَالَ قِيلَ لأَيُّوبَ إِنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ عُبَيْدٍ رَوَى عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ لاَ يُجْلَدُ السَّكْرَانُ مِنَ النَّبِيذِ . فَقَالَ كَذَبَ أَنَا سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ يُجْلَدُ السَّكْرَانُ مِنَ النَّبِيذِ .
Hammād Narrated from:
Hajjāj bin ash-Shā’ir narrated to me, Sulaymān bin Harb narrated to us, Ibn Zayd, rather Hammād, narrated to us, he said, it was said to Ayyūb, ‘Indeed Amr bin Ubayd transmitted on authority of al-Hasan that he said: ‘There is no flogging the one who gets drunk from Nabīdh’.’ [Ayyūb] said: ‘He lied, for I heard al-Hasan saying, ‘Flog the one who gets drunk from Nabīdh’.’
Reference : Sahih Muslim Introduction 69In-book reference : Introduction, Narration 68
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 69
This report is a clear example of checking a narration against direct hearing. Ayyub was told that Amr bin Ubayd narrated from al-Hasan that a drunk person from Nabidh should not be flogged. Ayyub rejected it and said he heard al-Hasan say the opposite: that the drunk person from Nabidh is flogged. The point here is not to expand the legal ruling beyond the text. The point is how the report was checked. Ayyub compared what was claimed with what he personally heard from al-Hasan. This is a simple but strong example of hadith verification and narrator reliability.
What we learn from this hadith
- A claimed report can be checked against direct hearing.
- Contradicting a known statement can expose a false report.
- Hadith verification includes comparing reports carefully.
- A narrator’s reliability matters when transmitting from scholars.
