Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #27520

Abu Sa`id al-Ashjaj narrated to us, Hafs bin Ghayath narrated to us, on the authority of Ash`ath, on the authority of Adi bin Thabit, on the authority of al-Baraa’, he said, “My uncle Abu Burdah passed by me.” Ibn Nayyar and with him was a general. I said, “Where do you want?” He said, “The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, sent me to a man who had married his father’s wife, to bring him his head.” He said, and in the chapter on the authority of Qurrah al-Muzani. Abu Issa said the hadith of Al-Baraa is a good and strange hadith. Muhammad bin Ishaq narrated this The hadith was narrated on the authority of Uday bin Thabit, on the authority of Abdullah bin Yazid, on the authority of Al-Bara’. This hadith was narrated on the authority of Ash’ath, on the authority of Uday, on the authority of Yazid bin Al-Baraa On the authority of his father, and it was narrated on the authority of Ash'ath, on the authority of Adi, on the authority of Yazid bin Al-Baraa, on the authority of his uncle, on the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace.