كتاب 39
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Book 39
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Chapter 39
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باب 39
Sunan Abi Dawud 4337
A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Ibrahim (al-Nakha’l) through a different chain if narrators. I (Ibrahim) said to ‘Ubaidat al-Salmant :
Do you think that his one of them, that is al-Mukhtar (al-Thaqaff)? He said : He is from the leaders.
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ، عَنْ جَرِيرٍ، عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ قَالَ عَبِيدَةُ السَّلْمَانِيُّ بِهَذَا الْخَبَرِ قَالَ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَتَرَى هَذَا مِنْهُمْ - يَعْنِي الْمُخْتَارَ - فَقَالَ عَبِيدَةُ أَمَا إِنَّهُ مِنَ الرُّءُوسِ ‏.‏
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 4337
In-book reference : Book 39, Hadith 24841
English translation : Book 4, Hadith 4337