Is there a difference between saying: "So-and-so narrated it" and "So-and-so published it"?

The Shaykh : ...but he died a stranger away from Makkah. This combines two virtues: the virtue of settling in Makkah, which is the intended meaning in the first hadith, and adding to this virtue the virtue of being a stranger. So, compare the distance between him and the city in which he died. Is that clear?

The questioner : Is that clear?
O Shaykh, some books say: "So-and-so narrated it," and they say: "So-and-so published it"; I mean, what is the distinction here?

The Shaykh : There is no difference, no difference except in some cases, or as is said in the principles of jurisprudence, there is a relationship of generality and specificity between them in some cases. So, for anyone about whom it is said: "He published it," it is also said: "He narrated it." But not for everyone about whom it is said: "He narrated it," can it be said: "He published it." That is: if you quote from the author of a book of hadith, you say: "He published it in his book." But for one of the narrators of the hadith in this chain, you say: "He narrated it." You do not say about him: "He published it." Is that clear?

The questioner : Is that clear?

The Shaykh : I mean, for example, you say: "Al-Bukhari published in his *Sahih* from the hadith of Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah said..." That is fine. And you say in contrast: "This hadith was narrated by Sa'id ibn al-Musayib from Abu Hurayrah." But you do not say: "He published it."

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : But if you say: "Al-Bukhari narrated it," that is fine. So, there is a relationship of generality and specificity between them sometimes. Is that clear?

The questioner : Is that clear?

The Shaykh: All right.