Sunan
Abi Dawud
سنن أبي داود
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The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi)
كتاب المهدى
Chapter 1:
باب
Sunan Abi Dawud 4287
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Qatadah through a different chain of narrators. This version has "nine years".
Abu Dawud said
The other narrators mentioned "nine years" from Hisham except Mu'adh.حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ، عَنْ هَمَّامٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَقَالَ " تِسْعَ سِنِينَ " . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَقَالَ غَيْرُ مُعَاذٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ " تِسْعَ سِنِينَ " .
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