This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Salama b. Kuhail through different chains of transmitters. In their ahadith, it is three years, except in the hadith of Hammid b. Salama it is two years or three years. In the hadith transmitted on the authority of Sufyan and Zaid b. Abu Unaisa and Hammid b. Salama (the words are):
Reference | : Sahih Muslim 1723c |
In-book reference | : Book 31, Hadith 10 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 18, Hadith 4281 |
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