The Book of Faith-07a
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The reciter: And Isma'il ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, and 'Isa ibn Yunus informed us, from al-A'mash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, with a narration similar to that of Abu Husayn, except that he said:
The Shaykh : His statement: "with a narration similar to," a person might ask: Why did he not say: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said something similar to his narration?" The answer is that the prepositional phrase is connected to his statement: "narrated to us," meaning: So-and-so narrated to us from so-and-so from so-and-so with a narration similar to this.
Let him be good to his neighbor
فليحسن إلى جارهThe Shaykh : His statement: "with a narration similar to," a person might ask: Why did he not say: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said something similar to his narration?" The answer is that the prepositional phrase is connected to his statement: "narrated to us," meaning: So-and-so narrated to us from so-and-so from so-and-so with a narration similar to this.