LessonsThe Grave Warning Against Lying About the Prophet: Narration, Intent and Critical DutyQuiz

وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ
Translation: Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah transmitted through Ghundar from Shuʿbah; after a change of chain, Muhammad ibn al-Muthannā and Ibn Bashshār transmit through Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar from Shuʿbah.

“Ḥ” marks a change of isnād. Ghundar is the sobriquet of Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar: the two presentations converge at Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar (Ghundar), who transmits from Shuʿbah. Reporting two openings does not imply two independent Prophetic texts.

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The Grave Warning Against Lying About the Prophet: Narration, Intent and Critical Duty

وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ
Translation: Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah transmitted through Ghundar from Shuʿbah; after a change of chain, Muhammad ibn al-Muthannā and Ibn Bashshār transmit through Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar from Shuʿbah.

“Ḥ” marks a change of isnād. Ghundar is the sobriquet of Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar: the two presentations converge at Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar (Ghundar), who transmits from Shuʿbah. Reporting two openings does not imply two independent Prophetic texts.