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ahmad:10417Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá > Jarīr / Ibn Ḥāzim > al-Zubayr b. al-Khirrīt > ʿIkrimah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has determined that when people differ in their ways, it is seven cubits.  

أحمد:١٠٤١٧حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَازِمٍ عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْخِرِّيتِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اخْتَلَفَ النَّاسُ فِي طُرُقِهِمْ أَنَّهَا سَبْعُ أَذْرُعٍ  


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muslim:1613Abū Kāmil Fuḍayl b. Ḥusayn al-Jaḥdarī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. al-Mukhtār > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Yūsuf b. ʿAbdullāh from his father > Abū Hurayrah

When you disagree about a path, its breadth should be made seven cubits.  

مسلم:١٦١٣حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو كَامِلٍ فُضَيْلُ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ الْمُخْتَارِ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ جُعِلَ عَرْضُهُ سَبْعَ أَذْرُعٍ