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Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, No. 1894

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī No. 1894

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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، " أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: الصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ، فَلَا يَرْفُثْ، وَلَا يَجْهَلْ، وَإِنِ امْرُؤٌ قَاتَلَهُ أَوْ شَاتَمَهُ، فَلْيَقُلْ: إِنِّي صَائِمٌ مَرَّتَيْنِ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ، يَتْرُكُ طَعَامَهُ، وَشَرَابَهُ، وَشَهْوَتَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِي الصِّيَامُ لِي، وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ وَالْحَسَنَةُ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا ".

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  1. Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1894: عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ, from مَالِكٍ (Mālik), from أَبِي الزِّنَادِ (Abū al-Zinād), from الْأَعْرَجِ, from أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ (Abū Hurayrah), from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim No. 1151cThe wording matches the text searched.Show the full entry

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim No. 1151c

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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ قَعْنَبٍ، وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ وَهُوَ الْحِزَامِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " الصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ ".

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  1. Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1151c: عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ قَعْنَبٍ, from الْمُغِيرَةُ وَهُوَ الْحِزَامِيُّ, from أَبِي الزِّنَادِ (Abū al-Zinād), from الْأَعْرَجِ, from أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ (Abū Hurayrah), from the Prophet ﷺ
  2. Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1151c: قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ, from الْمُغِيرَةُ وَهُوَ الْحِزَامِيُّ, from أَبِي الزِّنَادِ (Abū al-Zinād), from الْأَعْرَجِ, from أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ (Abū Hurayrah), from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Sunan Abī Dāwūd No. 2363The wording matches the text searched.Show the full entry

Sunan Abī Dāwūd No. 2363

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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ الْأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: " الصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ، إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ صَائِمًا فَلَا يَرْفُثْ وَلَا يَجْهَلْ، فَإِنِ امْرُؤٌ قَاتَلَهُ أَوْ شَاتَمَهُ، فَلْيَقُلْ: إِنِّي صَائِمٌ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ ".

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  • al-Muwaṭṭaʾ, Book 18, no. 690
  • Musnad Aḥmad, Sanadset entry 7309
  • Musnad Aḥmad, Sanadset entry 7929

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  1. Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2363: عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ, from مَالِكٍ (Mālik), from أَبِي الزِّنَادِ (Abū al-Zinād), from الْأَعْرَجِ, from أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ (Abū Hurayrah), from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Sunan al-Nasāʾī No. 2235The wording matches the text searched.Show the full entry

Sunan al-Nasāʾī No. 2235

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أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا حَبَّانُ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ، عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَصْحَابُنَا، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ، قَالَ: " الصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ مَا لَمْ يَخْرِقْهَا ".

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Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Sunan al-Nasāʾī No. 2228The wording matches the text searched.Show the full entry

Sunan al-Nasāʾī No. 2228

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أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ، قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ: أَخْبَرَنِي عَطَاءٌ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ الزَّيَّاتِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " الصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ ".

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  1. Sunan al-Nasāʾī 2228: إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ, from حَجَّاجٍ, from ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ, from عَطَاءٌ (ʿAṭāʾ), from أَبِي صَالِحٍ الزَّيَّاتِ, from أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ (Abū Hurayrah), from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Sunan al-Nasāʾī No. 2229The wording matches the text searched.Show the full entry

Sunan al-Nasāʾī No. 2229

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وأَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا سُوَيْدٌ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قِرَاءَةً، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا عَطَاءٌ الزَّيَّاتُ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " الصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ ".

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  1. Sunan al-Nasāʾī 2229: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ, from سُوَيْدٌ, from عَبْدُ اللَّهِ (ʿAbd Allāh), from ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ, from عَطَاءٍ (ʿAṭāʾ), from عَطَاءٌ الزَّيَّاتُ, from أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ (Abū Hurayrah), from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Sunan al-Nasāʾī No. 2215The wording matches the text searched.Show the full entry

Sunan al-Nasāʾī No. 2215

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أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: " مَا مِنْ حَسَنَةٍ عَمِلَهَا ابْنُ آدَمَ، إِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُ عَشْرُ حَسَنَاتٍ إِلَى سَبْعِ مِائَةِ ضِعْفٍ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: إِلَّا الصِّيَامَ فَإِنَّهُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ يَدَعُ شَهْوَتَهُ وَطَعَامَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِي، الصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ لِلصَّائِمِ فَرْحَتَانِ: فَرْحَةٌ عِنْدَ فِطْرِهِ، وَفَرْحَةٌ عِنْدَ لِقَاءِ رَبِّهِ وَلَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ، أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ ".

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  • Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, No. 1151e
  • Sunan Ibn Mājah, No. 1638
  • Musnad Aḥmad, Sanadset entry 10285
  • Musnad Aḥmad, Sanadset entry 9501

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  1. Sunan al-Nasāʾī 2215: إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ, from جَرِيرٌ (Jarīr), from الْأَعْمَشِ, from أَبِي صَالِحٍ, from أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ (Abū Hurayrah), from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Sunan al-Nasāʾī No. 2217The wording matches the text searched.Show the full entry

Sunan al-Nasāʾī No. 2217

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أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا سُوَيْدٌ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عَطَاءٌ الزَّيَّاتُ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: كُلُّ عَمَلِ ابْنِ آدَمَ لَهُ، إِلَّا الصِّيَامَ هُوَ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ الصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ، فَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ صَوْمِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلَا يَرْفُثْ، وَلَا يَصْخَبْ فَإِنْ شَاتَمَهُ أَحَدٌ أَوْ قَاتَلَهُ، فَلْيَقُلْ إِنِّي امْرُؤٌ صَائِمٌ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ، أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ ", وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، وَسَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ.

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  • Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, No. 1151b
  • Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, No. 1151d
  • Sunan al-Nasāʾī, No. 2216
  • Musnad Aḥmad, Sanadset entry 25485
  • Musnad Aḥmad, Sanadset entry 7503

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  1. Sunan al-Nasāʾī 2217: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ, from سُوَيْدٌ, from عَبْدُ اللَّهِ (ʿAbd Allāh), from ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ, from عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ, from عَطَاءٌ الزَّيَّاتُ, from أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ (Abū Hurayrah), from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

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