حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، فِي هَذَا الإِسْنَادِ ‏.‏ وَزَادَ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ فَقُلْتُ لِقَتَادَةَ أَسَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ نَعَمْ نَحْنُ سَأَلْنَاهُ عَنْهُ ‏.‏

” I said to Qatada: Did you hear it from Anas? He replied in the affir- mative and added: We had inquired of him about it.”

Chain of Narration (Isnad)

Hadith Grading

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Scholarly Consensus: Sahih