The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi)
38/1. Chapter:
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Sunan Abi Dawud
حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ، عَنْ هَمَّامٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَقَالَ " تِسْعَ سِنِينَ " . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَقَالَ غَيْرُ مُعَاذٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ " تِسْعَ سِنِينَ " .
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Qatadah through a different chain of narrators. This version has "nine years". Abu Dawud said: The other narrators mentioned "nine years" from Hisham except Mu'adh.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 4287In-book reference : Book 38, Hadith 9English translation : Book 37, Hadith 4274