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وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو هَانِئٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «سَيَكُونُ فِي آخِرِ أُمَّتِي أُنَاسٌ يُحَدِّثُونَكُمْ مَا لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا أَنْتُمْ وَلَا آبَاؤُكُمْ، فَإِيَّاكُمْ وَإِيَّاهُمْ».
Translation: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Numayr and Zuhayr ibn Ḥarb both narrated to me, saying: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yazīd narrated to us; Saʿīd ibn Abī Ayyūb narrated to him; Abū Hāniʾ narrated to him, from Abū ʿUthmān Muslim ibn Yasār, from Abū Hurayrah, from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said: “In the latter part of my community there will be people who tell you things that neither you nor your fathers have heard. So beware of them; keep away from them.”

“What you have not heard” is not a ban on every unfamiliar authentic report; it warns against suspicious, unsupported attributions. Abū ʿUthmān and Muslim b. Yasār identify one transmitter by kunyah and name, not two narrators.

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Avoiding Unreliable Transmitters: Critical Reception of Reports and Historical Claims

وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو هَانِئٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «سَيَكُونُ فِي آخِرِ أُمَّتِي أُنَاسٌ يُحَدِّثُونَكُمْ مَا لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا أَنْتُمْ وَلَا آبَاؤُكُمْ، فَإِيَّاكُمْ وَإِيَّاهُمْ».
Translation: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Numayr and Zuhayr ibn Ḥarb both narrated to me, saying: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yazīd narrated to us; Saʿīd ibn Abī Ayyūb narrated to him; Abū Hāniʾ narrated to him, from Abū ʿUthmān Muslim ibn Yasār, from Abū Hurayrah, from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said: “In the latter part of my community there will be people who tell you things that neither you nor your fathers have heard. So beware of them; keep away from them.”

“What you have not heard” is not a ban on every unfamiliar authentic report; it warns against suspicious, unsupported attributions. Abū ʿUthmān and Muslim b. Yasār identify one transmitter by kunyah and name, not two narrators.