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Al-Adab Al-Mufrad: Hadith 692

37. Words

الأدب المفرد

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Someone describing something by saying, "It is nothing," meaning that it is not true

بَابُ الرَّجُلِ يَقُولُ‏:‏ لَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ، وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِحَقٍّ

692
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Da'if (Al-Albani)
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ كَثِيرٍ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَجْلاَنَ قَالَ‏:‏ مَرَّ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ بِرَجُلَيْنِ يَرْمِيَانِ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِلْآخَرِ‏:‏ أسَبْتَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ‏:‏ سُوءُ اللَّحْنِ أَشَدُّ مِنْ سُوءِ الرَّمْيِ‏.‏
Abdu'r-Rahman ibn 'Ajlan said, "'Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, passed by two men who were shooting. One man said to another, 'Do hit it (using the letter seen instead of saad).' 'Umar observed, 'A bad grammatical mistake is worse than a bad shot.'"
Reference: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 881
In-book : Book 37, Hadith 7
English translation : Book 37, Hadith 881