This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters and they did not doubt about keeping the dates between his fingers (as is expressed in the previous hadith).
Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2042b |
In-book reference | : Book 36, Hadith 203 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 23, Hadith 5071 |
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