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abudawud:5202ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > Sulaymān / Ibn al-Mughīrah > Thābit

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to some children who were playing: He saluted them.  

أبو داود:٥٢٠٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ قَالَ

أَنَسٌ أَتَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى غِلْمَانٍ يَلْعَبُونَ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ  


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muslim:2168aYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Hushaym > Sayyār > Thābit al-Bunānī > Anas b. Mālik

Anas b. Malik reported that when Messenger of Allah ﷺ happened to pass by young boys he would great them.  

مسلم:٢١٦٨aحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ سَيَّارٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَرَّ عَلَى غِلْمَانٍ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ  

ahmad:12724Ḥajjāj > Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah > Thābit al-Bunānī > Anas

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ came across some children while they were playing and he greeted them.  

أحمد:١٢٧٢٤حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَتَى عَلَى صِبْيَانٍ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ  

nasai-kubra:10090Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] "That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by some young boys who were playing, and he greeted them."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٠٩٠أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَرَّ بِغِلْمَانٍ يَلْعَبُونَ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ»