Sunan Abi Dawud
The Book of Lost and Found Items — Hadith #1702
Traditional grade: Sahih How we grade
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، بِمَعْنَاهُ قَالَ
" عَرِّفْهَا حَوْلاً " . وَقَالَ ثَلاَثَ مِرَارٍ قَالَ فَلاَ أَدْرِي قَالَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ فِي سَنَةٍ أَوْ فِي ثَلاَثِ سِنِينَ .
He said : Make it known for a year. He said this three times. He said: I do not know whether he said “for a year” or “for three years”.
Hadith Grading
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Traditional grade: Sahih