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ahmad:12141 – Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Qatādah And Ibn Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] The Prophet's companions asked the Prophet ﷺ, "The people of the Book greet us, so how should we respond to them?" The Prophet replied, "Say, 'And upon you, as well as the pilgrims.' Shu'bah said, 'I did not ask Qatadah about this narration. Have you heard it from Anas?'"  

أحمد:١٢١٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ وَابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

سَأَلَ أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ يُسَلِّمُونَ عَلَيْنَا فَكَيْفَ نَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ؟ قَالَ فَقُولُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْ وَحَجَّاجٌ مِثْلَهُ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ لَمْ أَسْأَلْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ هَلْ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ أَنَسٍ  

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muslim:2163b – [Chain 1] ʿUbaydullāh b. Muʿādh from my father [Chain 2] Yaḥyá b. Ḥabīb > Khālid / Ibn al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah [Chain 3] Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Ibn Bashhār And al-Lafẓ Lahumā > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas Annaʿlyh Wslm > Lilnnabī ﷺ In Ahl al-Kitāb Yusallimūn ʿAlaynā Fakayf Narud ʿAlayhim

The People. of the Book offer us salutations (by saying as-Salamu- 'Alaikum). How should we reciprocate them? Thereupon he said: Say: Wa 'Alaikum (and upon you too).  

مسلم:٢١٦٣b – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ح وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبٍ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحَارِثِ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُمَا قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ

عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّعليه وسلم قَالُوا لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ يُسَلِّمُونَ عَلَيْنَا فَكَيْفَ نَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ قُولُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْ  

ahmad:13881 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah And al-Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik Wḥaddathanā Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas Wa-al-Maʿná Wāḥid

[Machine] The companions of the Prophet ﷺ said to the Prophet ﷺ: "Indeed, the people of the scripture greet us with peace, so how should we respond to them?" The Prophet ﷺ replied: "Say unto them, 'And upon you be peace.'" Hajjaj said: "Shu'bah reported that I did not ask Qatadah about this hadith, did you hear it from Anas?"  

أحمد:١٣٨٨١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَالْحَجَّاجُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ وحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ وَالْمَعْنَى وَاحِدٌ

أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالُوا لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ يُسَلِّمُونَ عَلَيْنَا فَكَيْفَ نَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ؟ فَقَالَ قُولُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْ وقَالَ حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ لَمْ أَسْأَلْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ هَلْ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ أَنَسٍ؟  

ahmad:13087 – Yazīd > Shuʿbah Wmuḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

The People. of the Book offer us salutations (by saying as-Salamu- 'Alaikum). How should we reciprocate them? Thereupon he said: Say: Wa 'Alaikum (and upon you too). (Using translation from Muslim 2163b)   

أحمد:١٣٠٨٧ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ ومُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالُوا لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ يُسَلِّمُونَ عَلَيْنَا فَكَيْفَ نَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ؟ قَالَ قُولُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْ  

ahmad:13934 – Yazīd b. Hārūn > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

The People. of the Book offer us salutations (by saying as-Salamu- 'Alaikum). How should we reciprocate them? Thereupon he said: Say: Wa 'Alaikum (and upon you too). (Using translation from Muslim 2163b)   

أحمد:١٣٩٣٤ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالُوا لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ يُسَلِّمُونَ عَلَيْنَا فَكَيْفَ نَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ؟ قَالَ قُولُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْ