37/26. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 4098 — A Similar Non-Prophetic Report
The One Who Unsheathes His Sword and Starts to Strike the People With it
Hadith Attribution: A Similar Report Not Raised to the Prophet
Sunan an-Nasai : 4098
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4098
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ مِثْلَهُ وَلَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ .
'Abdur-Razzaq Narrated from:
'Abdur-Razzaq narrated a similar report with the same chain, but he did not attribute it to the Prophet [SAW]
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4098In-book reference : Book 37, Hadith 133English translation : Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4103
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4098
This report is mainly about hadith attribution. ‘Abdur-Razzaq narrated a similar account through the same chain, but he did not raise it to the Prophet [SAW]. In hadith wording, that means this particular route stops short of directly attributing the statement to the Messenger of Allah [SAW]. The text does not repeat the full statement here, so its main value is the difference in transmission. Readers comparing the armed attacker narrations should notice that one version is presented as Prophetic, while this route is explicitly said not to be attributed to the Prophet. The report therefore teaches careful reading: similar content may appear through the same chain while the level of attribution differs between narrations.
What we learn from this hadith
- This route carries a report similar to the preceding narration.
- The chain is described as the same.
- ‘Abdur-Razzaq did not attribute this version to the Prophet [SAW].
- The key issue in this entry is transmission and attribution, not a new event.
