{
    "source": "ParallelQuran.com",
    "exported_at": "2026-06-15T13:13:50Z",
    "count": 1,
    "hadith": [
        {
            "number": 5008,
            "global_number": "25514",
            "collection": "Sunan Abi Dawud",
            "book": "General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)",
            "narrators": [
                "Abdullah bin Mubarak عبد الله بن المبارك",
                "Abdur Rahman bin al-Aswad",
                "Abu Bakr bin 'Abdur Rahman أبو بكر بن عبد الرحمن بن الحارث بن هشام",
                "Abu Bakr bin Abi Shayba أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة",
                "al-Zuhri ابن شهاب الزهري‎, محمد بن مسلم",
                "Marwan bin al-Hakam bin Abi al-'As",
                "Ubayy ibn Ka'b",
                "Yonus bin Yazid bin Abi al-Nijad يونس بن يزيد بن أبي النجاد"
            ],
            "grade": "Hasan",
            "text": "It would have been better for him. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: I think (or, I have been commanded) that I should be brief in what I say, for brevity is better.",
            "url": "https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-5008/"
        }
    ]
}