Bukhari 7361 · Book 96
Sahih al-Bukhari, 7361
Holding Fast to the Qur'an and Sunnah
Sahih (authentic)by the collection
وَقَالَ أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، أَخْبَرَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، سَمِعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ، يُحَدِّثُ رَهْطًا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، وَذَكَرَ كَعْبَ الأَحْبَارِ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَصْدَقِ هَؤُلاَءِ الْمُحَدِّثِينَ الَّذِينَ يُحَدِّثُونَ عَنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ، وَإِنْ كُنَّا مَعَ ذَلِكَ لَنَبْلُو عَلَيْهِ الْكَذِبَ.
Narrated Humaid bin 'Abdur-Rahman that he heard Mu'awiya talking to a group of people from Quraish at Al-Madina, and on mentioning Ka'b Al-Ashbar, he said, "He was one of the most truthful of those who used to talk about the people of the Scripture, yet we used to detect certain faults in his informationRapporté par Humaid bin 'Abdur-Rahman : Il a entendu Mu'awiya parler à un groupe de gens de Quraish à Médine, et en mentionnant Ka'b Al-Ashbar, il a dit : « C’était l’un des plus véridiques parmi ceux qui parlaient des gens du Livre, mais nous remarquions parfois des erreurs dans ses informations. »Grades given by scholars
Sahih collection: its hadiths are held authentic by the compiler.
Source: fawazahmed0/hadith-api (public domain).