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ahmad:11426ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > al-Mustamir b. al-Rayyān al-Iyādī > Abū Naḍrah al-ʿAbdī > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned the world and said, "Verily, the world is green and sweet, so be mindful of it and be mindful of women." Then, he mentioned three women from the Children of Israel: two tall women who were known, and a short woman who was not known. She took two pieces of wood and made a ring out of them, then she stuffed it with the finest musk fragrance and sealed it. When she passed by a gathering or a gathering of people, she would say to it, and she opened it, and its scent spread. The one with the ring then shrank his little finger, looking at it without his three fingers, and he closed the three fingers.  

أحمد:١١٤٢٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُسْتَمِرُّ بْنُ الرَّيَّانِ الْإِيَادِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نَضْرَةَ الْعَبْدِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ذَكَرَ الدُّنْيَا فَقَالَ إِنَّ الدُّنْيَا خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ فَاتَّقُوهَا وَاتَّقُوا النِّسَاءَ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ نِسْوَةً ثَلَاثة مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ امْرَأَتَيْنِ طَوِيلَتَيْنِ تُعْرَفَانِ وَامْرَأَةً قَصِيرَةً لَا تُعْرَفُ فَاتَّخَذَتْ رِجْلَيْنِ مِنْ خَشَبٍ وَصَاغَتْ خَاتَمًا فَحَشَتْهُ مِنْ أَطْيَبِ الطِّيبِ الْمِسْكِ وَجَعَلَتْ لَهُ غَلَقًا فَإِذَا مَرَّتْ بِالْمَلَإِ أَوْ بِالْمَجْلِسِ قَالَتْ بِهِ فَفَتَحَتْهُ فَفَاحَ رِيحُهُ قَالَ الْمُسْتَمِرُّ بِخِنْصَرِهِ الْيُسْرَى فَأَشْخَصَهَا دُونَ أَصَابِعِهِ الثَّلَاثِ شَيْئًا وَقَبَضَ الثَّلَاثَةَ  


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ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ مَمْنُوعَةٌ مِنَ التَّزَيُّنِ لِلرِّجَالِ الَّذِينَ لَيْسُوا لَهَا بِمَحْرَمٍ

ibnhibban:5591Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Dhuhlī > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. ʿAbd al-Wārith > al-Mustamir b. al-Rayyān > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ mentioned the world and said, "Indeed, the world is green and sweet, so be cautious of it and cautious of women." Then he mentioned three women from the people of Bani Israel: two tall women and a short woman who was not recognized. She took two sticks of wood and made a ring and filled it with the best fragrance. Whenever she passed by the mosque or a gathering, she would say to it and open it and its scent would spread.  

ابن حبّان:٥٥٩١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الذُّهْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُسْتَمِرُّ بْنُ الرَّيَّانِ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَكَرَ الدُّنْيَا فَقَالَ «إِنَّ الدُّنْيَا خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ فَاتَّقُوهَا وَاتَّقُوا النِّسَاءَ» ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ نِسْوَةً ثَلَاثَةً مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ امْرَأَتَيْنِ طَوِيلَتَيْنِ وَامْرَأَةً قَصِيرَةً لَا تُعْرَفُ فَاتَّخَذَتْ رِجْلَيْنِ مِنْ خَشَبٍ وَصَاغَتْ خَاتَمًا فَحَشَتْهُ مِنْ أَطْيَبِ الطِّيبِ فَإِذَا مَرَّتْ بِالْمَسْجِدِ أَوْ بِالْمَلَأِ قَالَتْ بِهِ فَفَتَحَتْهُ فَفَاحَ رِيحُهُ «