The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Hearing about something is not like seeing it with one's own eyes."
حدثنا هشيم عن أبي بشر عن سعيد بن جبير
قال رسول الله ﷺ ليس الخبر كالمعاينة
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Its isnad is sahih. Abu Bishr is Jafar bin Abu Wahshiya. This hadith is an abridgment of 2447. Suyuti, in Jami Saghir 7575, attributed the fuller version of the hadith to Tabarani and Hakim as well.