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كتاب المهدى
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The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi)
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Sunan Abi Dawud 4287

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Qatadah through a different chain of narrators. This version has "nine years".

Abu Dawud said:

The other narrators mentioned "nine years" from Hisham except Mu'adh.

حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ، عَنْ هَمَّامٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَقَالَ ‏"‏ تِسْعَ سِنِينَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَقَالَ غَيْرُ مُعَاذٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ ‏"‏ تِسْعَ سِنِينَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏
Grade: Da'if (Al-Albani)  ضعيف   (الألباني) حكم   :
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 4287
In-book reference : Book 38, Hadith 9
English translation : Book 37, Hadith 4274