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Ash-Shama'il 218

“The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to repeat each expression three times in order to make himself understood.”

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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو قُتَيْبَةَ سَلْمُ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى، عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يُعِيدُ الْكَلِمَةَ ثَلاثًا لِتُعْقَلَ عَنْهُ

“The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to repeat each expression three times in order to make himself understood.”

Ash-Shama'il 218, Book 34, The Speech Of rasoolullah, Hadith 2. 1 min read

The chain

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

  1. 1Imam at-TirmidhiCompiler, died 279 AH
  2. 2مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَىTold us
  3. 3Salm ibn QutaybahTold us, Third generation, died 200 AH
  4. 4Abdullah ibn al-MuthannaFrom, Successor, died 171 AH
  5. 5Thumamah ibn AbdullahFrom, Successor, died 110 AH
  6. 6Anas ibn MalikFrom, Companion, died 90 AH

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