وَحَدَّثَنِيهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ قَالَ
عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ لاَ أَدْرِي هَذَا فِي الْحَدِيثِ أَمْ لاَ . يَعْنِي أَنْ يَتَخَوَّنَهُمْ أَوْ يَلْتَمِسَ
عَثَرَاتِهِمْ .
This tradition has been reported through anothee chain. ‘Abdurahman, one of the sub-narrators, said “I do not know if it in the hadith or not”, meaning (the words) “doubting their fidelity and spying into their lapses.”
Hadith Grading
Each grade below reflects one scholar's assessment of the chain of transmission. The grade describes the chain, not the Prophet's words. How we grade
Scholarly Consensus: Sahih