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'A'isha said, "I said, 'Messenger of Allah, I have two neighbours. To whom should I give my gifts?' He replied, 'To the one whose door is nearer to you.'"

الأدب المفرد:١٠٧ – حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو عِمْرَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ لِي جَارَيْنِ فَإِلَى أَيِّهِمَا أُهْدِي؟ قَالَ إِلَى أَقْرَبِهِمَا مِنْكِ بَابًا

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bukhari:6020 – Ḥajjāj b. Minhāl > Shuʿbah > Abū ʿImrān > Ṭalḥah > ʿĀʾishah

I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I have two neighbors! To whom shall I send my gifts?" He said, "To the one whose gate in nearer to you."

البخاري:٦٠٢٠ – حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو عِمْرَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي جَارَيْنِ فَإِلَى أَيِّهِمَا أُهْدِي قَالَ إِلَى أَقْرَبِهِمَا مِنْكِ بَابًا

bukhari:2595 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī > Ṭalḥah b. ʿAbdullāh a man from Banī Taym b. Murrah > ʿĀʾishah

I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I have two neighbors; which of them should I give a gift to?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "(Give) to the one whose door is nearer to you."

البخاري:٢٥٩٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي تَيْمِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي جَارَيْنِ فَإِلَى أَيِّهِمَا أُهْدِي قَالَ إِلَى أَقْرَبِهِمَا مِنْكِ بَابًا

bukhari:2259 – [Chain 1] Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah [Chain 2] ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Shabābah > Shuʿbah > Abū ʿImrān > Ṭalḥah b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿĀʾishah

I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I have two neighbors and would like to know to which of them I should give presents." He replied, "To the one whose door is nearer to you."

البخاري:٢٢٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ح وَحَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عِمْرَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ طَلْحَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي جَارَيْنِ فَإِلَى أَيِّهِمَا أُهْدِي قَالَ إِلَى أَقْرَبِهِمَا مِنْكِ بَابًا