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3379. Abū Sa'eed Al-Khudrī narrated the Mu'āwiyah came out to the Masjid and said: "What has caused you to gather for this sitting." They said: "We gathered so that we may remember Allāh." He said, "By Allāh, nothing caused you to gather for this sitting except for that?" They said, "By Allāh, nothing caused us to gather for this sitting except for that." He said: "Indeed, I did not ask you out of suspicion, and there was no one in the position I was from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ who narrates less Ahādīth from him than me. Indeed, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ came out upon a circle of his Companions and said: 'What has caused you to gather for this sitting?' They said: 'We have gathered for this sitting to remember Allāh, and praise Him for His having guided us to Islam, and having bestowed blessings upon us.' So he said: 'By Allāh, nothing caused you to gather for this sitting except for that?' He said: 'Indeed, I did not ask you out of suspicion, verily Jibra'il came to me and informed me that Allāh boasts of you to the angels.'" (Sahih)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Gharīb, we do not know it except from this route. And Abū Na'āmah As-Sa'dī's name is 'Amr bin 'Eisā, and Abū 'Uthmān An-Nahdī's name is 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Mall (narrators in the chain).
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This narration makes it clear that sometimes one swears by Allāh to emphasize and show the importance of the act, so in such cases there should be no suspicion or mistrust. Mu'āwiyah was the a transcriber of Divine Revelation, and brother of Umm Ḥābibah, the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ). In spite of close relationship and high status he was very careful in reporting Hadīth.
