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ahmad-zuhd:113 – ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. Abān > Ibn al-Mubārak > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb > ʿUbaydullāh b. Zaḥr > ʿAlī b. Yazīd > al-Qāsim > Abū Umāmah

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, "Whoever wipes over the head of an orphan, desiring nothing except Allah's pleasure, will receive rewards for every hair that his hand touched. And whoever is kind to an orphan, whether a boy or a girl, will be with me in Paradise like these two fingers." And he pointed to his middle finger and index finger, joining them together.  

الزهد لأحمد:١١٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبَانَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زَحْرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ مَسَحَ عَلَى رَأْسِ يَتِيمٍ لَا يُرِيدُ بِهِ إِلَّا اللَّهَ ﷻ كَانَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ شَعْرَةٍ مَرَّتْ عَلَيْهَا يَدُهُ حَسَنَاتٌ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنَ إِلَى يَتِيمٍ أَوْ يَتِيمَةٍ كُنْتُ أَنَا وَهُوَ كَهَاتَيْنِ» وَضَمَّ بَيْنَ الْوُسْطَى وَالسَّبَّابَةِ  

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ahmad:22153 – Abū Isḥāq al-Ṭālaqānī > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb > ʿUbaydullāh b. Zaḥr > ʿAlī b. Yazīd > al-Qāsim > Abū Umāmah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever wipes the head of an orphan, not for any reason other than for the sake of Allah, every hair that his hand passes over will be rewarded with good deeds. And whoever treats a female orphan or a male orphan well, I and he will be in Paradise like this," and he gestured with his index finger and middle finger, holding them close together.  

أحمد:٢٢١٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الطَّالَقَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ زَحْرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ مَسَحَ رَأْسَ يَتِيمٍ لَمْ يَمْسَحْهُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ كَانَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ شَعْرَةٍ مَرَّتْ عَلَيْهَا يَدُهُ حَسَنَاتٌ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنَ إِلَى يَتِيمَةٍ أَوْ يَتِيمٍ عِنْدَهُ كُنْتُ أَنَا وَهُوَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ كَهَاتَيْنِ وَقَرَنَ بَيْنَ أُصْبُعَيْهِ السَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى  

ahmad:22284 – ʿAlī b. Isḥāq > Ibn al-Mubārak > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb > ʿUbaydullāh b. Zaḥr > ʿAlī b. Yazīd > al-Qāsim > Abū Umāmah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever strokes the head of an orphan, whether a boy or a girl, no hair on which his hand passes will go without him being rewarded for it. And whoever shows kindness to an orphan, be it a girl or a boy, and I will be like this in Paradise (and he joined his index and middle fingers together)."  

أحمد:٢٢٢٨٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ زَحْرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ مَسَحَ رَأْسَ يَتِيمٍ أَوْ يَتِيمَةٍ لَمْ يَمْسَحْهُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ كَانَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ شَعْرَةٍ مَرَّتْ عَلَيْهَا يَدُهُ حَسَنَاتٌ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنَ إِلَى يَتِيمَةٍ أَوْ يَتِيمٍ عِنْدَهُ كُنْتُ أَنَا وَهُوَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ كَهَاتَيْنِ وَقَرَنَ بَيْنَ إِصْبُعَيْهِ  

tabarani:7821 – Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb al-ʿAllāf al-Miṣrī > Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb > ʿUbaydullāh b. Zaḥr > ʿAlī b. Yazīd > al-Qāsim > Abū Umāmah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever strokes the head of an orphan, touching only for the sake of Allah, for every hair that his hand passed over, he will have good deeds. And whoever shows kindness to an orphan in his care, he and I will be in Paradise like this (holding two fingers together)."  

الطبراني:٧٨٢١ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْعَلَّافُ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ أنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ زَحْرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ مَسَحَ رَأْسَ يَتِيمٍ لَا يَمْسَحُهُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ كَانَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ شَعْرَةٍ مَرَّتْ عَلَيْهَا يَدُهُ حَسَنَاتٌ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنَ إِلَى يَتِيمٍ عِنْدَهُ كُنْتُ أَنَا وَهُوَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ كَهَاتَيْنِ» وَقَرَنَ بَيْنَ إِصْبَعَيْهِ  

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السيوطي:٢٣٣١٧a –

"مَنْ مَسَحَ رَأسَ يَتِيمٍ لا يَمْسَحُهُ إلا للهِ، فَإِنَّ لَهُ بكُلِّ شَعْرَةٍ مَرَّتْ علَى يَدِهِ حَسَنَةً، وَمَنْ أحْسَن إِلى يَتِيمَةٍ أَو يَتِيمٍ عِنْدَه كنْتُ أَنَا وَهُوَ في الْجَنَّةَ كَهَاتينِ، وَقَرَنَ بَينَ أصبَعَيهِ".  

ابن المبارك، [حم] أحمد [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [حل] أبى نعيم في الحلية عن أبي أمامة