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Sahih Muslim 1961jصحيح مسلم 1961j
وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنِي وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ . وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ الشَّكَّ فِي قَوْلِهِ هِيَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مُسِنَّةٍ .
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters, but did not mention tht doubt (expressed in his statement) That is (the goat of less than a year) is better than a goat of more than one year.
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
إسحاق بن إبراهيم بن مخلد ← عبد الملك بن عمرو ← شعبة بن الحجاج بن الورد ← سلمة بن كهيل بن حصين ← وهب بن عبد الله ← البراء بن عازب بن الحارث
Ishaq ibn Ibrahim ibn Makhlad → Abd al-Malik ibn Amr → Shu'ba ibn al-Hajjaj ibn al-Ward → Salama ibn Kuhayl ibn Husayn → Abu Juhaifa → Al-Bara