does not invalidate his ablution.)

A man [a non-Arab] from Ḥadramawt asked, “What is ḥadath, O Abū Hurayrah?” He replied, “[Allah is not shy about stating the truth]: it is the passing of wind, whether silent or loud.”)

This report is also narrated from Abū Hurayrah, and in Muslim’s collection alone it appears through more than ten separate chains:

1 – Hammām ibn Munabbih, from him.
Recorded by Muslim and al-Tirmidhī (the wording is that of al-Tirmidhī), as well as by al-Bayhaqī and Aḥmad. The final supplementary phrase is found only in Aḥmad and al-Tirmidhī, while neither of them includes the words “[Allah is not shy about stating the truth].”

2 – Abū al-Zinād, from al-Aʿraj, from him; this version contains the first additional wording.
It is recorded by Mālik, and through him by al-Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, al-Nasāʾī, al-Bayhaqī, and Aḥmad, all on Mālik’s authority.

3 – Saʿīd ibn Abī Saʿīd al-Maqburī, from him.
Recorded by al-Bukhārī—who includes the addition “[a non-Arab]” and the definition of ḥadath—and by Aḥmad.

4 – al-Aʿmash, from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from him.
Recorded by Muslim (and it contains the second additional wording), by Ibn Mājah, and likewise by al-Bukhārī, Ibn Mājah once again, and Aḥmad.