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Sahih Muslim 2413aصحيح مسلم 2413a
حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ سَعْدٍ، فِيَّ نَزَلَتْ { وَلاَ تَطْرُدِ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ} قَالَ نَزَلَتْ فِي سِتَّةٍ أَنَا وَابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ مِنْهُمْ وَكَانَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ قَالُوا لَهُ تُدْنِي هَؤُلاَءِ .
Sa'd reported: This verse was revealed in relation to six persons and I and Ibn Mas'ud were amongst them. The polytheists said to him (the Holy Prophet): Do not keep such persons near you. It was upon this that (this verse was revealed):" Drive not away those who call upon their Lord morning and evening desiring only His pleasure" (vi. 52).
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
زهير بن حرب بن شداد ← عبد الرحمن بن مهدي ← سفيان بن سعيد بن مسروق ← المقدام بن شريح بن هانئ ← شريح بن هانئ بن يزيد ← سعد بن أبي وقاص واسمه
Zuhayr ibn Harb ibn Shaddad → Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi → Sufyan → Al-Miqdam ibn Shurayh ibn Hani' → Shurayh ibn Hani' ibn Yazid → Sa`d