Chapter on the Differences in al-Hadith — report 2

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hadith

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2ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْخَزَّازِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ يَرْوُونَ عَنْ فُلانٍ وَفُلانٍ عَنْ رَسُولِ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) لا يُتَّهَمُونَ بِالْكَذِبِ فَيَجِي‏ءُ مِنْكُمْ خِلافُهُ قَالَ إِنَّ الْحَدِيثَ يُنْسَخُ كَمَا يُنْسَخُ الْقُرْآنُ.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

2. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Uthman ibn ’Isa from abu Ayyub al-Khazzaz from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following. “I explained to Imam abu ‘Abdallah عليه السلام saying ‘What is the matter with people who narrate from so and so from the holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم whom they do not accuse of telling lies and thing and from you facts against it comes to light? The Imam عليه السلام said, “Hadith becomes abrogated just as it happens with the holy Quran.’”

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Al-Kafi, vol. 1, book 2, chapter 21, report 2

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Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/1/2/21/2. Al-Kafi by al-Kulayni. English translation attributed by the digital catalogue to Muhammad Sarwar. CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. No endorsement implied.