The Shaykh’s comment on al-Mundhiri’s remarks regarding the tracing of the previous hadith of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him).

The Shaykh : ... However, there is an observation from the perspective of hadith science. The author stated regarding the hadith of Anas: "It was narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim, and in a narration..." Here, he made this narration indefinite; he did not say: "It was narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim, and in a narration of theirs, or of al-Bukhari, or of Muslim." In this case, what comes to mind, and what is understood by convention, is that this narration belongs to the one to whom the first narration was attributed. Since the first narration here is attributed to the two Shaykhs, the other narration would also be for the two Shaykhs. But the reality is not so. The reality is that this other narration is from Muslim, and the first one is from al-Bukhari. It would have been better to distribute them; for example, as is the author’s custom in many places, and as others do, one should say: "It was narrated by al-Bukhari, and the wording is his, and by Muslim, and his wording is such-and-such." Or, if he wants to be concise, he says: "It was narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim, and the wording is his," which is also understood to mean that the first narration is from al-Bukhari. Therefore, the correct tracing of this hadith is that the first narration is from al-Bukhari and the other narration is from Muslim. Neither al-Bukhari narrated Muslim’s narration, nor did Muslim narrate al-Bukhari’s narration. With this hadith, the hadiths of the previous chapter, which is about encouraging fear, come to an end.