Hadith 358

Riyad as-Salihin

Book 0: The Book of Miscellany

Chapter 44

Revering the Scholars and Elders, Preferring them to others and raising their Status

باب توقير العلماء والكبار وأهل الفضل وتقديمهم على غيرهم، ورفع مجالسهم، وإظهار مرتبتهم

Riyad as-Salihin 358
وعن أبي سعيد سمرة بن جندب رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ لقد كنت على عهد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم غلامًا ، فكنت أحفظ عنه، فما يمنعني من القول إلا أن ههنا رجالاً أسن مني‏.‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏ ‏.‏
Abu Sa'id Samurah bin Jundub (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

I was a boy during the lifetime of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and used to commit to my memory what he said, but I do not narrate what I preserved because there were among us people who were older than me.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].