Hadith 34483

Chapter 3

باب 3

(3) باب النَّهْىِ عَنِ الْحَدِيثِ، بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَ

(3) Chapter: The Prohibition of Narrating Everything One Hears
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وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ مَهْدِيٍّ، يَقُولُ لاَ يَكُونُ الرَّجُلُ إِمَامًا يُقْتَدَى بِهِ حَتَّى يُمْسِكَ عَنْ بَعْضِ مَا سَمِعَ .

Muhammad bin ul-Muthannā narrated to us, he said I heard Abd ar-Rahman bin Mahdī saying:
'A man cannot be an Imām whose example is followed until he withholds from some of what he hears'.

Reference: Sahih Muslim Introduction 12

In-book reference: Introduction, Narration 11