Hadith 10

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Book 37: Words

Chapter 392

Indirect Allusion

بَابُ الْمَعَارِيضِ

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 884
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ قَالَ أَبِي‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُمَرَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ، فِيمَا أَرَى شَكَّ أَبِي، أَنَّهُ قَالَ‏:‏ حَسْبُ امْرِئٍ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَ‏.‏
'Umar said, "A man is reckoned to be lying when he gives voice to all that he hears." He said, "As for cases of indirect allusion, are they enough to keep a Muslim from lying?"