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ahmad:12033 – Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Ḥumayd > Anas > Banī Salimah Arādūā

[Machine] "They should move from their homes and reside near the mosque. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ found out about this, he disliked the city being exposed. He said, 'O Bani Salimah, do you not consider your footsteps towards the mosque?' They replied, 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' So they stayed there."

أحمد:١٢٠٣٣ – حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍعَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ بَنِي سَلِمَةَ أَرَادُوا

أَنْ يَتَحَوَّلُوا مِنْ مَنَازِلِهِمْ فَيَسْكُنُوا قُرْبَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَكَرِهَ أَنْ تُعْرَى الْمَدِينَةُ فَقَالَ يَا بَنِي سَلِمَةَ أَلَا تَحْتَسِبُونَ آثَارَكُمْ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ؟ قَالُوا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَأَقَامُوا

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bukhari:1887 – Ibn Salām > al-Fazārī > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas > Arād Banū Salimah

(The people of) Bani Salama intended to shift near the mosque (of the Prophet) but Messenger of Allah ﷺ disliked to see Medina vacated and said, "O the people of Bani Salama! Don't you think that you will be rewarded for your footsteps which you take towards the mosque?" So, they stayed at their old places.

البخاري:١٨٨٧ – حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ سَلاَمٍ أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَزَارِيُّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ أَرَادَ بَنُو سَلِمَةَ

أَنْ يَتَحَوَّلُوا إِلَى قُرْبِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَكَرِهَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ تُعْرَى الْمَدِينَةُ وَقَالَ يَا بَنِي سَلِمَةَ أَلاَ تَحْتَسِبُونَ آثَارَكُمْ فَأَقَامُوا

ibnmajah:784 – Abū Mūsá Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Ḥumayd > Anas b. Mālik > Arādat Banū Salimah

"Banu Salimah wanted to move from their homes to somewhere near the mosque, but the Prophet did not want the outskirts of Al-madinah to be left vacant, so he said: 'O Banu Salimah, do you not hope for the reward of your footsteps?' So they stayed (where they were)."

ابن ماجة:٧٨٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُوسَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ أَرَادَتْ بَنُو سَلِمَةَ

أَنْ يَتَحَوَّلُوا مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ إِلَى قُرْبِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَكَرِهَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يُعْرُوا الْمَدِينَةَ فَقَالَ يَا بَنِي سَلِمَةَ أَلاَ تَحْتَسِبُونَ آثَارَكُمْ فَأَقَامُوا

bayhaqi:4980 – Abū Ṭāhir al-Faqīh > Abū Ṭāhir al-Muḥammadābādhī > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdullāh al-Saʿdī > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik > Banī Salimah Arādūā > Yataḥawwalūā

[Machine] From their houses, they approached the mosque and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ disliked that the city would be naked. So he said, "O Banu Salimah, don't you consider your footprints?" They said, "Yes," so they sat down.

البيهقي:٤٩٨٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْمُحَمَّدَآبَاذِيُّ أنبأ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ السَّعْدِيُّ أنبأ يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنبأ حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ بَنِي سَلِمَةَ أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَتَحَوَّلُوا

عَنْ مَنَازِلِهِمْ فَيَدْنُوا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَكَرِهَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ تَعْرَى الْمَدِينَةُ فَقَالَ يَا بَنِي سَلِمَةَ أَلَا تَحْتَسِبُونَ آثَارَكُمْ؟ قَالُوا بَلَى فَأَقَامُوا

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