question #3 Sahih Muslim 979c, Book 12, Hadith 3 : What role do companions play in preserving and transmitting the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ)?

I heard Abd Sa’id al-Khudri as saying that he had heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) make (this) observation with a gesture of his five fingers, and then he narrated the hadith as transmitted by ‘Uyaina (hadith 2134).