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abudawud:2804ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Nufaylī > Zuhayr > Abū Isḥāq

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ enjoined upon us to pay great attention to the eye and both ears, and not to sacrifice a one-eyed animal, and an animal with a slit which leaves something hanging at the front or back of the ear, or with a lengthwise slit with a perforation in the ear. I asked AbuIshaq: Did he mention an animal with broken horns and uprooted ears? He said: No. I said: 'What is the Muqabalah ?' He replied: 'It has been cut from the back of its ear.' I said: 'What about the Sharqa'? He replied: 'The ear has been split.' I said: 'What about the Kharqa'? He replied: 'A hole is made (in its ears) as a distinguishing mark.'"  

أبو داود:٢٨٠٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ وَكَانَ رَجُلَ صِدْقٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَسْتَشْرِفَ الْعَيْنَ وَالأُذُنَيْنِ وَلاَ نُضَحِّيَ بِعَوْرَاءَ وَلاَ مُقَابَلَةٍ وَلاَ مُدَابَرَةٍ وَلاَ خَرْقَاءَ وَلاَ شَرْقَاءَ قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ فَقُلْتُ لأَبِي إِسْحَاقَ أَذَكَرَ عَضْبَاءَ قَالَ لاَ قُلْتُ فَمَا الْمُقَابَلَةُ قَالَ يُقْطَعُ طَرَفُ الأُذُنِ قُلْتُ فَمَا الْمُدَابَرَةُ قَالَ يُقْطَعُ مِنْ مُؤَخَّرِ الأُذُنِ قُلْتُ فَمَا الشَّرْقَاءُ قَالَ تُشَقُّ الأُذُنُ قُلْتُ فَمَا الْخَرْقَاءُ قَالَ تُخْرَقُ أُذُنُهَا لِلسِّمَةِ  


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ahmad:851Ḥasan b. Mūsá > Zuhayr > Abū Isḥāq > Shurayḥ b. al-Nuʿmān

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to examine the eyes and ears [of sacrificial animals] and not to sacrifice one that was blind in one eye, or al-muqabalah, or mudabarah, or sharqaʼ, or kharqaʼ. Zuhair said: I said to Abu Ishaq; Did he mention the one with its nose [or ear or lip] cutoff? He said: No. I said: What is al-muqabalah? He said: One that has the edge of its ears cut. I said: What is al-mudabarah? He said: One whose ears are slit from the back, I said: What is al-sharqa? He said: One whose ears are slit in two lengthwise, I said: What is al-kharqaʿ? He said:One that has a round hole in its ear as a distinguishing mark.  

أحمد:٨٥١حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ قَالَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ وَكَانَ رَجُلَ صِدْقٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَسْتَشْرِفَ الْعَيْنَ وَالْأُذُنَ وَأَنْ لَا نُضَحِّيَ بِعَوْرَاءَ وَلا مُقَابَلَةٍ وَلا مُدَابَرَةٍ وَلا شَرْقَاءَ وَلا خَرْقَاءَ قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي إِسْحَاقَ أَذَكَرَ عَضْبَاءَ؟ قَالَ لَا قُلْتُ مَاالْمُقَابَلَةُ قَالَ يُقْطَعُ طَرَفُ الْأُذُنِ قُلْتُ مَا الْمُدَابَرَةُ؟ قَالَ يُقْطَعُ مُؤَخَّرُ الْأُذُنِ قُلْتُ مَا الشَّرْقَاءُ؟ قَالَ تُشَقُّ الْأُذُنُ قُلْتُ مَا الْخَرْقَاءُ؟ قَالَ تَخْرِقُ أُذُنَهَا السِّمَةُ  

ahmad:1275Yaḥyá b. Abū Bukayr > Zuhayr > Abū Isḥāq > Shurayḥ b. al-Nuʿmān

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to check the eyes and ears (of sacrificial animals), and told us not to sacrifice any that is one-eyed, or any muqabalah, mudabarah, sharqa’ or kharqaʿ. Zuhair said: “I said to Abu Ishaq, “Did he mention the one with its nose [or ear or lip] cut off?” He said: “No”, I said: “What is al-muqabalah?” He said: “One that has the edge of its ears cut.” I said: “What is al-mudabarah?” He said: “One whose ears are slit from the back.” I said: “What is ash-sharqaʿ?” He said: “One whose ears are slit in two lengthwise.” I said: “What is al-kharqaʿ?” He said: “One that has a round hole in its ear as a distinguishing mark.””  

أحمد:١٢٧٥حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ قَالَ وَكَانَ رَجُلَ صِدْقٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَسْتَشْرِفَ الْعَيْنَ وَالْأُذُنَ وَأَنْ لَا نُضَحِّيَ بِعَوْرَاءَ وَلا مُقَابَلَةٍ وَلا مُدَابَرَةٍ وَلا شَرْقَاءَ وَلا خَرْقَاءَ قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي إِسْحَاقَ أَذَكَرَ عَضْبَاءَ؟ قَالَ لَا قُلْتُ مَا الْمُقَابَلَةُ؟ قَالَ هِيَ الَّتِي يُقْطَعُ طَرَفُ أُذُنِهَا قُلْتُ فَالْمُدَابَرَةُ؟ قَالَ الَّتِي يُقْطَعُ مُؤَخَّرُ الْأُذُنِ قُلْتُ مَا الشَّرْقَاءُ؟ قَالَ الَّتِي يُشَقُّ أُذُنُهَا قُلْتُ فَمَا الْخَرْقَاءُ؟ قَالَ الَّتِي تَخْرِقُ أُذُنَهَا السِّمَةُ  

hakim:7532Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Maḥbūbī > Saʿīd b. Masʿūd > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Shurayḥ b. al-Nuʿmān > ʿAlī > Amaranā

[Machine] "Our Prophet ﷺ ordered us to pluck out stray hairs around the eyes and ears, and not to have a meeting with someone who has cut a corner of his ear, or has cut the side of his ear, or has a split ear, or has a pierced ear." Abu Ishaq said, "Meeting refers to the cutting of the lobe of the ear, mudadara (cutting the side) refers to cutting the side of the ear, sharqa (split) refers to a split ear, and kharqa (pierced) refers to a pierced ear."  

الحاكم:٧٥٣٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْمَحْبُوبِيُّ ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى أَنْبَأَ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

«أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَسْتَشْرِفَ الْعَيْنَ وَالْأُذُنَ وَلَا يُضَحَّى بِمُقَابَلَةٍ وَلَا مُدَابَرَةٍ وَلَا شَرْقَاءَ وَلَا خَرْقَاءَ» قَالَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْمُقَابَلَةُ مَا قُطِعَ طَرَفُ أُذُنِهَا وَالْمُدَابَرَةُ مَا قُطِعَ مِنْ جَانِبِ الْأُذُنِ وَالشَّرْقَاءُ الْمَشْقُوقَةُ وَالْخَرْقَاءُ الْمَثْقُوبَةُ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ أَسَانِيدُهُ كُلُّهَا وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ وَأَظُنُّهُ لِزِيَادَةٍ ذَكَرَهَا قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَلَى أَنَّهُمَا لَمْ يَحْتَجَّا بِقَيْسٍ» حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ كَامِلٍ الْقَاضِي ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ الزَّكِيُّ ثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ مُظَفَّرُ بْنُ مُدْرِكٍ ثَنَا قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ ثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ فَذَكَرَ بِنَحْوِهِ قَالَ قَيْسٌ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي إِسْحَاقَ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ شُرَيْحٍ؟ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَشْوَعَ عَنْهُ