Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1120

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حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ ذَرِيحٍ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

قَالَ: إِنِّي لَأَرَى لِجَوَابِ الْكِتَابِ حَقًّا كَرَدِّ السَّلامِ

“I think that answering a letter is a duty, just like returning the greeting.”

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1120, Book 45, Letters, Hadith 1. 1 min readCopy the reference

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam al-Bukhari back to the one who was there.

1. 1Imam al-BukhariCompiler, died 256 AH
2. 2Ali ibn HujrTold us, Third generation, died 244 AH
3. 3Sharik ibn Abdullah an-NakhaiInformed us, Third generation, died 177 AH
4. 4Abbas ibn DharihFrom, Successor, died 111 AH
5. 5Amir ash-ShabiFrom, Successor, died 103 AH
6. 6Ibn AbbasFrom, Companion, died 65 AH