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<hadith_export source="ParallelQuran.com" exported="2026-08-22T06:46:45Z" count="1">
  <hadith number="5008" global_number="25514">
    <collection>Sunan Abi Dawud</collection>
    <book>General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)</book>
    <narrators>
      <narrator>Abdullah bin Mubarak عبد الله بن المبارك</narrator>
      <narrator>Abdur Rahman bin al-Aswad</narrator>
      <narrator>Abu Bakr bin &apos;Abdur Rahman أبو بكر بن عبد الرحمن بن الحارث بن هشام</narrator>
      <narrator>Abu Bakr bin Abi Shayba أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة</narrator>
      <narrator>al-Zuhri ابن شهاب الزهري‎, محمد بن مسلم</narrator>
      <narrator>Marwan bin al-Hakam bin Abi al-&apos;As</narrator>
      <narrator>Ubayy ibn Ka&apos;b</narrator>
      <narrator>Yonus bin Yazid bin Abi al-Nijad يونس بن يزيد بن أبي النجاد</narrator>
    </narrators>
    <grade>Hasan</grade>
    <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.</text>
    <url>https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-5008/</url>
  </hadith>
</hadith_export>
