Hadith #208
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَوْ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَبْصَرَ رَجُلًا يَسُوق
ُ بَدَنَةً فَقَالَ ارْكَبْهَا قَالَ إِنَّهَا بَدَنَةٌ قَالَ ارْكَبْهَا قَالَ إِنَّهَا بَدَنَةٌ قَالَ ارْكَبْهَا وَلَمْ يَشُكَّ فِيهِ مَرَّةً فَقَالَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ
Isnad Chain
سفيان
أبي الزناد
موسى بن أبي عثمان
أبيه أو
الأعرج
أبو هريرة
English Translation
It was narrated from Abu Hurayra (رضي الله عنه) — via Sufyan, from Abu al-Zinad, from Musa ibn Abi 'Uthman, from his father — or from al-A'raj — from Abu Hurayra — that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a man driving a sacrificial camel [badana]. He said: 'Ride it.' The man said: 'But it is a sacrificial camel.' He said: 'Ride it.' He said: 'But it is a sacrificial camel.' He said: 'Ride it.' [Sufyan did not express doubt about it on one occasion; on another he said] via Musa ibn Abi 'Uthman, from his father, from Abu Hurayra.
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 17, Hadith 208
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 7046
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-43436