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ahmad:12127Yaḥyá > Ḥumayd > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a man who was walking between his two sons. They said, "He has vowed to walk." He said, "Indeed, Allah, for punishing himself, is self-sufficient." So he ordered him to ride.  

أحمد:١٢١٢٧حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَرَّ بِرَجُلٍ وَهُوَ يُهَادَى بَيْنَ ابْنَيْهِ قَالُوا نَذَرَ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ عَنْ تَعْذِيبِ هَذَا لِنَفْسِهِ لَغَنِيٌّ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَرْكَبَ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī
bukhari:1865Ibn Salām > al-Fazārī > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Thābit > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ saw an old man walking, supported by his two sons, and asked about him. The people informed him that he had vowed to go on foot (to the Kaʿba). He said, "Allah is not in need of this old man's torturing himself," and ordered him to ride.  

البخاري:١٨٦٥حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ سَلاَمٍ أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَزَارِيُّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَى شَيْخًا يُهَادَى بَيْنَ ابْنَيْهِ قَالَ مَا بَالُ هَذَا قَالُوا نَذَرَ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَنْ تَعْذِيبِ هَذَا نَفْسَهُ لَغَنِيٌّ وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَرْكَبَ  

muslim:1642[Chain 1] Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá al-Tamīmī > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Ḥumayd > Thābit > Anas [Chain 2] Ibn Abū ʿUmar > Marwān b. Muʿāwiyah al-Fazārī > Ḥumayd > Thābit > Anas

What is the matter with him? They said: He had taken the vow to walk (on foot to the Ka'ba). Thereupon he (Allah's Apoitle) said: Allah is indifferent to his inflicting upon himself chastisement, and he commanded him to ride.  

مسلم:١٦٤٢حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّمِيمِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ الْفَزَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ حَدَّثَنِي ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَىَ شَيْخًا يُهَادَى بَيْنَ ابْنَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا بَالُ هَذَا قَالُوا نَذَرَ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَنْ تَعْذِيبِ هَذَا نَفْسَهُ لَغَنِيٌّ وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَرْكَبَ  

nasai:3852Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Ḥammād b. Masʿadah > Ḥumayd > Thābit > Anas

"The Prophet saw a man being supported by two others and said: 'What is this?' They said: 'He vowed to walk to the House of Allah.' He said: 'Allah has no need for this man to torture himself. Tell him to ride.'"  

النسائي:٣٨٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

رَأَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَجُلاً يُهَادَى بَيْنَ رَجُلَيْنِ فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا قَالُوا نَذَرَ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ إِلَى بَيْتِ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ عَنْ تَعْذِيبِ هَذَا نَفْسَهُ مُرْهُ فَلْيَرْكَبْ  

nasai:3853Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Khālid > Ḥumayd > Thābit > Anas

"The Messenger of Allah passed by an old man who was being supported between two men and said: 'What is the matter with him?' They said: 'He vowed to walk.' He said: 'Allah has no need for him to torture himself. Tell him to ride.'" So he was told to ride.  

النسائي:٣٨٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِشَيْخٍ يُهَادَى بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ فَقَالَ مَا بَالُ هَذَا قَالُوا نَذَرَ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ عَنْ تَعْذِيبِ هَذَا نَفْسَهُ مُرْهُ فَلْيَرْكَبْ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَرْكَبَ  

nasai:3854Aḥmad b. Ḥafṣ from my father > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

"The Messenger of Allah came to a man who was being supported by two others and said: 'What is the matter with him?' It was said: 'He vowed to walk to the Ka'bah.' He said: 'Allah does not benefit from his torturing himself.' And he told him to ride."  

النسائي:٣٨٥٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

أَتَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى رَجُلٍ يُهَادَى بَيْنَ ابْنَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُ هَذَا فَقِيلَ نَذَرَ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَصْنَعُ بِتَعْذِيبِ هَذَا نَفْسَهُ شَيْئًا فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَرْكَبَ  

abudawud:3301Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Thābit al-Bunānī > Anas b. Mālik

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a man that he was supported between his sons. He asked about him, and (the people) said: He has taken a vow to walk (on foot). Thereupon he said: Allah has no need that this man should punish himself, and he ordered him to ride. Abu Dawud said: 'Amr b. Abi 'Amir has also narrated a similar tradition from al-A'raj on the authority of Abu Hurairah from the Prophet ﷺ.  

أبو داود:٣٣٠١حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَأَى رَجُلاً يُهَادَى بَيْنَ ابْنَيْهِ فَسَأَلَ عَنْهُ فَقَالُوا نَذَرَ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَغَنِيٌّ عَنْ تَعْذِيبِ هَذَا نَفْسَهُ وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَرْكَبَ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ رَوَاهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ
tirmidhi:1537aAbū Mūsá Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Ḥumayd > Thābit > Anas

"The Prophet ﷺ passed by old man walking (while supported) between his two sons, so he said: 'What is the matter with this one?' They said: "O Messenger of Allah! He vowed to walk.' He said: 'Verily Allah [the Mighty and Sublime] is in no need of this person punishing himself.'" He said: "So he ordered him to ride."  

الترمذي:١٥٣٧aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُوسَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِشَيْخٍ كَبِيرٍ يَتَهَادَى بَيْنَ ابْنَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا بَالُ هَذَا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ نَذَرَ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ لَغَنِيٌّ عَنْ تَعْذِيبِ هَذَا نَفْسَهُ قَالَ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَرْكَبَ  

ahmad:13468Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh > Ḥumayd > Thābit > Anas Mur Bishaykh Kabīr Yuhādá Bayn Āb.ayh

"The Messenger of Allah passed by an old man who was being supported between two men and said: 'What is the matter with him?' They said: 'He vowed to walk.' He said: 'Allah has no need for him to torture himself. Tell him to ride.'" So he was told to ride. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3853)   

أحمد:١٣٤٦٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ قَالَ قَالَ

أَنَسٌ مُرَّ بِشَيْخٍ كَبِيرٍ يُهَادَى بَيْنَ ابْنَيْهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ مَا بَالُ هَذَا؟ قَالُوا نَذَرَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ عَنْ تَعْذِيبِ هَذَا نَفْسَهُ لَغَنِيٌّ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَرْكَبَ فَرَكِبَ  

ahmad:13866ʿAffān > Ḥammād > Ḥumayd And Thābit > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a man being carried by his two sons, so he asked, "What is this?" They replied, "O Messenger of Allah, he vowed to perform Hajj on foot." He said, "Verily, Allah does not need to punish himself, so let him ride."  

أحمد:١٣٨٦٦حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدٌ وَثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَأَى رَجُلًا يُهَادَى بَيْنَ ابْنَيْنِ لَهُ فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا؟ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ نَذَرَ أَنْ يَحُجَّ مَاشِيًا فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ لَغَنِيٌّ عَنْ تَعْذِيبِهِ نَفْسَهُ فَلْيَرْكَبْ  

ahmad:12889Yaḥyá > Ḥumayd > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a man while he was walking between his two sons. They said he had made a vow to walk. He said, "Indeed, Allah is self-sufficient from punishing himself. He commanded him to ride."  

أحمد:١٢٨٨٩حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَرَّ بِرَجُلٍ وَهُوَ يُهَادَى بَيْنَ ابْنَيْهِ قَالُوا نَذَرَ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ عَنْ تَعْذِيبِ هَذَا نَفْسَهُ لَغَنِيٌّ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَرْكَبَ  

ahmad:12038Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Ḥumayd > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a man being led between his two sons. He asked, "What is this?" They replied, "He vowed to walk." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah is wealthy and does not need to punish himself." He then ordered him to ride.  

أحمد:١٢٠٣٨حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا يُهَادَى بَيْنَ ابْنَيْهِ قَالَ مَا هَذَا؟ قَالُوا نَذَرَ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ لَغَنِيٌّ أَنْ يُعَذِّبَ هَذَا نَفْسَهُ فَأَمَرَهُ فَرَكِبَ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ الرُّكُوبَ إِذَا نَذَرَ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ الْعَتِيقِ

ibnhibban:4382ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Shuʿayb b. al-Layth from my father from my father > al-Hiql b. Ziyād > al-Awzāʿī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Yamān al-Madanī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Anṣārī > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] He informed him that he heard Anas ibn Malik saying that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a man who was being led between two people, so he asked about him and they said, "He vowed to walk to the Kaaba." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah is self-sufficient and has no need to punish himself." And he commanded him to ride.  

ابن حبّان:٤٣٨٢أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ اللَّيْثِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ جَدِّي عَنِ الْهِقْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْيَمَانِ الْمَدَنِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ أَنَّ حُمَيْدًا الطَّوِيلَ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِرَجُلٍ يُهَادَى بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ فَسَأَلَ عَنْهُ فَقَالُوا نَذَرَ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ يَعْنِي إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ لِغَنِيٌّ عَنْ تَعْذِيبِ هَذَا نَفْسَهُ» وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَرْكَبَ  

bayhaqi:20109[Chain 1] Abū Ṭāhir al-Faqīh > ʿUbdūs b. al-Ḥusayn b. Manṣūr [Chain 2] Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Mahrawayh b. ʿAbbās b. Sinān al-Rāzī > Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī > Ḥumayd > Thābit > Anas > Mar Shaykh Kabīr Yuhādá Bayn Āb.ayh

The Prophet ﷺ saw an old man walking, supported by his two sons, and asked about him. The people informed him that he had vowed to go on foot (to the Kaʿba). He said, "Allah is not in need of this old man's torturing himself," and ordered him to ride. (Using translation from Bukhārī 1865)   

البيهقي:٢٠١٠٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ عُبْدُوسُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَهْرَوَيْهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ الرَّازِيُّ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو حَاتِمٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ مَرَّ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ يُهَادَى بَيْنَ ابْنَيْهِ فَقَالَ

ﷺ مَا بَالُ هَذَا؟ قَالُوا نَذَرَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ عَنْ تَعْذِيبِ هَذَا نَفْسَهُ لِغَنِيٌّ وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَرْكَبَ فَرَكِبَ