Hadith 25071

Chapter 1

باب 1

(1) باب

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حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، بِمَعْنَاهُ قَالَ " عَرِّفْهَا حَوْلاً " . وَقَالَ ثَلاَثَ مِرَارٍ قَالَ فَلاَ أَدْرِي قَالَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ فِي سَنَةٍ أَوْ فِي ثَلاَثِ سِنِينَ .

The aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by Shu'bah through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. The version goes :
He said : Make it known for a year. He said this three times. He said: I do not know whether he said "for a year" or "for three years".

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 1702

In-book reference: Book 10, Hadith 2

English translation: Book 9, Hadith 1698