حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَکِيعٌ عَنْ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَی عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَوْ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ لِأَبِي مَسْعُودٍ مَا سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ فِي زَعَمُوا قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ بِئْسَ مَطِيَّةُ الرَّجُلِ زَعَمُوا قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ هَذَا حُذَيْفَةُ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4972
Abu Masud asked Abu Abu Allah, or Abu Abdullah asked Abu Masud; what did you hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say about za’ama (they alleged, asserted, or it is said). He replied: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: it is a bad riding-beast for a man (to say) za’ama (they asserted). Abu DAwud said: This Abu Abdullah is Hudhaifah.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020