Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #29993

Abu Musa narrated to us, Muhammad bin Al-Muthanna narrated to us, he said, Othman bin Omar narrated to us, he said, Ibn Abi Dhib narrated to us, on the authority of Saeed Al-Maqbari, on the authority of Abu Hurairah, he said, “I said, ‘O Messenger of God, I hear things from you but I do not remember them.’” He said, “Spread your cloak.” So I spread it, and he narrated a story. Many times, I never forgot anything he told me. This is a good and authentic hadith, and it was narrated through more than one authority on the authority of Abu Hurairah.