حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی ح و حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مُعَاذٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَی عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِهَذَا الْکَلَامِ الْأَوَّلِ إِلَی قَوْلِهِ وَطَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ وَزَادَ ابْنُ مُعَاذٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَنَسٌ وَکُنَّا نَتَحَدَّثُ أَنَّ مَثَلَ جَلِيسِ الصَّالِحِ وَسَاقَ بَقِيَّةَ الْحَدِيثِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4830
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Musa from the Prophet ﷺ through a different chain of narrators up to “and its taste bitter”. Ibn Muadh added: Anas said: We used talk to one another thet a good companion is like. . . He then transmitted the rest of the tradition.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020