# Sunan Abi Dawud - General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

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**1 hadith**

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## Hadith #4788

**Book:** General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) | **Narrator(s):** Abdur-Razzaq عبد الرزاق بن همام, Abu Hurairah, Abu Salama bin 'Abdur Rahman أبو سلمة بن عبد الرحمن بن عوف, Bashr bin Rafa'i al-Harithy بشر بن رافع الحارثي, Hjaj bin Frafs'h حجاج بن فرافصة الباهلي, Muhammad bin 'Abdullah bin al-Zubair محمد بن عبد الله أبو أحمد الزبيري, Muhammad bin Abi Sari محمد بن أبي السري, Nasr bin 'Ali bin Nasr bin 'Ali, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري, Yahya bin Abi Kathir يحيى بن أبي كثير الطائي | **Grade:** Sahih

When the Prophet (ﷺ) was informed of anything of a certain man, he would not say: What is the matter with so and so that he says? But he would say: What is the matter with the people that they say such and such?

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4788/)*

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