he narrated to us (حَدَّثَنَا)

الحديث

التعريف :

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This is a formula to narrate the hadiths the narrator learnt with his colleagues by listening to the teacher. It may be used by a single narrator, in which case it is a form of self exaltation. Hadith scholars may use instead an abbreviation such as nā, thanā, dathanā.