LessonsThe Prohibition on Relating Everything Heard: Verification, Selection and AudienceQuiz

وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ، قَالَ: قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: «بِحَسْبِ الْمَرْءِ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَ».
Translation: Yaḥyā b. Yaḥyā reported through Hushaym, Sulaymān al-Taymī and Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī that ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb said: It is sufficient falsehood for a person to relate everything he hears.

This is a Companion’s statement, not an independently Prophetic quotation in this route. “Bi-ḥasbi al-marʾ” corresponds in sense to “kafā bi-l-marʾ.” The agreement across different kinds of report supports the ethical principle, but every chain retains its own critical status.

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ʿUmar’s corroborating statement

The Prohibition on Relating Everything Heard: Verification, Selection and Audience

وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ، قَالَ: قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: «بِحَسْبِ الْمَرْءِ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَ».
Translation: Yaḥyā b. Yaḥyā reported through Hushaym, Sulaymān al-Taymī and Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī that ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb said: It is sufficient falsehood for a person to relate everything he hears.

This is a Companion’s statement, not an independently Prophetic quotation in this route. “Bi-ḥasbi al-marʾ” corresponds in sense to “kafā bi-l-marʾ.” The agreement across different kinds of report supports the ethical principle, but every chain retains its own critical status.