حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ قَالَ فَلَقِيتُ أَخَاهُ فَقَالَ صَدَقَ مُجَاشِعٌ . وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ أَبَا مَعْبَدٍ .
Another version of the tradition transmitted on the authority of Asim has the same wording but does not mention the name of Abu Ma'bad.
— Sahih Muslim, Book 33: The Book on Government, Hadith #4693
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ قَالَ فَلَقِيتُ أَخَاهُ فَقَالَ صَدَقَ مُجَاشِعٌ . وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ أَبَا مَعْبَدٍ .Another version of the tradition transmitted on the authority of Asim has the same wording but does not mention the name of Abu Ma'bad.
This hadith is from The Book on Government in Sahih Muslim, compiled by Imam Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj. It is hadith number 4693 in book 33.
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