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abudawud:2618Hārūn b. ʿAbdullāh > Hāshim b. al-Qāsim > Sulaymān / Ibn al-Mughīrah > Thābit > Anas

Anas said “the Prophet ﷺ sent Busaisah as a spy to see what the caravan of Abu Sufyan was doing.”  

أبو داود:٢٦١٨حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

بَعَثَ يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بُسْبَسَةَ عَيْنًا يَنْظُرُ مَا صَنَعَتْ عِيرُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ