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ahmad:12607ʿĀrim > Muʿtamir > Abū > Anas

Would that you approached Abdullah b. Ubayy (to persuade him to accept Islam). The Prophet ﷺ (accordingly) went to him, riding a donkey, and (a party of) Muslims also went (with him). On the way they had to walk over a piece of land affected with salinity. When the Prophet ﷺ approached him, he said: Do not come near me. By Allah, the obnoxious smell of your donkey has offended me. (As a rejoinder to this remark), a man from the Ansar said: By God, the smell of the donkey of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is better than your smell. (At this), a man from the tribe of 'Abdullah got furious. Then people from both sides got furious and exchanged blows with sticks, hands and shoes. (The narrator says) that (after this scuffle) we learnt that (the Qur'anic verse):" It two parties of the Believers have a quarrel, make ye peace between them" (xlix. 9) was revealed about these fighting parties. (Using translation from Muslim 1799)  

أحمد:١٢٦٠٧حَدَّثَنَا عَارِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ أَنَسًا قَالَ

قِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَوْ أَتَيْتَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أُبَيٍّ فَانْطَلَقَ إليهَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَكِبَ حِمَارًا وَانْطَلَقَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ يَمْشُونَ وَهِيَ أَرْضٌ سَبِخَةٌ فَلَمَّا انْطَلَقَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَالَ إِلَيْكَ عَنِّي فَوَاللهِ لَقَدْ آذَانِي رِيحُ حِمَارِكَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَاللهِ لَحِمَارُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَطْيَبُ رِيحًا مِنْكَ قَالَ فَغَضِبَ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ قَالَ فَغَضِبَ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا أَصْحَابُهُ قَالَ وَكَانَ بَيْنَهُمْ ضَرْبٌ بِالْجَرِيدِ وَبِالْأَيْدِي وَالنِّعَالِ فَبَلَغَنَا أَنَّهَا نَزَلَتْ فِيهِمْ {وَإِنْ طَائِفَتَانِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اقْتَتَلُوا فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَهُمَا} [الحجرات 9]  


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bukhari:2691Musaddad > Muʿtamir from my father > Anas

It was said to the Prophet ﷺ "Would that you see ʿAbdullah bin Ubai." So, the Prophet ﷺ went to him, riding a donkey, and the Muslims accompanied him, walking on salty barren land. When the Prophet ﷺ reached ʿAbdullah bin Ubai, the latter said, "Keep away from me! By Allah, the bad smell of your donkey has harmed me." On that an Ansari man said (to ʿAbdullah), "By Allah! The smell of the donkey of Messenger of Allah ﷺ is better than your smell." On that a man from ʿAbdullah's tribe got angry for ʿAbdullah's sake, and the two men abused each other which caused the friends of the two men to get angry, and the two groups started fighting with sticks, shoes and hands. We were informed that the following Divine Verse was revealed (in this concern):-- "And if two groups of Believers fall to fighting then, make peace between them." (49.9)  

البخاري:٢٦٩١حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي أَنَّ أَنَسًا ؓ قَالَ

قِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَوْ أَتَيْتَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أُبَىٍّ فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَرَكِبَ حِمَارًا فَانْطَلَقَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ يَمْشُونَ مَعَهُ وَهْىَ أَرْضٌ سَبِخَةٌ فَلَمَّا أَتَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِلَيْكَ عَنِّي وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ آذَانِي نَتْنُ حِمَارِكَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ مِنْهُمْ وَاللَّهِ لَحِمَارُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَطْيَبُ رِيحًا مِنْكَ فَغَضِبَ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ فَشَتَمَا فَغَضِبَ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا أَصْحَابُهُ فَكَانَ بَيْنَهُمَا ضَرْبٌ بِالْجَرِيدِ وَالأَيْدِي وَالنِّعَالِ فَبَلَغَنَا أَنَّهَا أُنْزِلَتْ {وَإِنْ طَائِفَتَانِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اقْتَتَلُوا فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَهُمَا}  

muslim:1799Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá al-Qaysī > al-Muʿtamir from his father > Anas b. Mālik > Qīl Lilnnabī ﷺ Law Atayt ʿAbdullāh b. Uba

Would that you approached Abdullah b. Ubayy (to persuade him to accept Islam). The Prophet ﷺ (accordingly) went to him, riding a donkey, and (a party of) Muslims also went (with him). On the way they had to walk over a piece of land affected with salinity. When the Prophet ﷺ approached him, he said: Do not come near me. By Allah, the obnoxious smell of your donkey has offended me. (As a rejoinder to this remark), a man from the Ansar said: By God, the smell of the donkey of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is better than your smell. (At this), a man from the tribe of 'Abdullah got furious. Then people from both sides got furious and exchanged blows with sticks, hands and shoes. (The narrator says) that (after this scuffle) we learnt that (the Qur'anic verse):" It two parties of the Believers have a quarrel, make ye peace between them" (xlix. 9) was revealed about these fighting parties.  

مسلم:١٧٩٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى الْقَيْسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَوْ أَتَيْتَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أُبَىٍّ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَيْهِ وَرَكِبَ حِمَارًا وَانْطَلَقَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ وَهِيَ أَرْضٌ سَبِخَةٌ فَلَمَّا أَتَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَالَ إِلَيْكَ عَنِّي فَوَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ آذَانِي نَتْنُ حِمَارِكَ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ وَاللَّهِ لَحِمَارُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَطْيَبُ رِيحًا مِنْكَ قَالَ فَغَضِبَ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ قَالَ فَغَضِبَ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا أَصْحَابُهُ قَالَ فَكَانَ بَيْنَهُمْ ضَرْبٌ بِالْجَرِيدِ وَبِالأَيْدِي وَبِالنِّعَالِ قَالَ فَبَلَغَنَا أَنَّهَا نَزَلَتْ فِيهِمْ { وَإِنْ طَائِفَتَانِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اقْتَتَلُوا فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَهُمَا}  

ahmad:13292ʿĀrim > Muʿtamir > Abū > Anas

Would that you approached Abdullah b. Ubayy (to persuade him to accept Islam). The Prophet ﷺ (accordingly) went to him, riding a donkey, and (a party of) Muslims also went (with him). On the way they had to walk over a piece of land affected with salinity. When the Prophet ﷺ approached him, he said: Do not come near me. By Allah, the obnoxious smell of your donkey has offended me. (As a rejoinder to this remark), a man from the Ansar said: By God, the smell of the donkey of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is better than your smell. (At this), a man from the tribe of 'Abdullah got furious. Then people from both sides got furious and exchanged blows with sticks, hands and shoes. (The narrator says) that (after this scuffle) we learnt that (the Qur'anic verse):" It two parties of the Believers have a quarrel, make ye peace between them" (xlix. 9) was revealed about these fighting parties. (Using translation from Muslim 1799)  

أحمد:١٣٢٩٢حَدَّثَنَا عَارِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ أَنَسًا قَالَ

قِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَوْ أَتَيْتَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أُبَيٍّ فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَيْهِ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَكِبَ حِمَارًا وَانْطَلَقَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ يَمْشُونَ وَهِيَ أَرْضٌ سَبِخَةٌ فَلَمَّا أَتَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَالَ إِلَيْكَ عَنِّي فَوَاللهِلقَدْ آذَانِي رِيحُ حِمَارِكَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَاللهِ لَرِيحُ حِمَارِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَطْيَبُ رِيحًا مِنْكَ قَالَ فَغَضِبَ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ قَالَ فَغَضِبَ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا أَصْحَابُهُ قَالَ فَكَانَ بَيْنَهُمْ ضَرْبٌ بِالْجَرِيدِ وَبِالْأَيْدِي وَالنِّعَالِ قَالَ فَبَلَغَنَا أَنَّهَا نَزَلَتْ فِيهِمْ {وَإِنْ طَائِفَتَانِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اقْتَتَلُوا فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَهُمَا} [الحجرات 9]  

bayhaqi:16704Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān al-ʿAdl> Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > ʿUbayd b. ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Sharīk > Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād > Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān from his father > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] It was said, "O Messenger of Allah, if you were to go to Abdullah bin Ubayy and speak to him, he would listen to you." So the Prophet ﷺ went to him and rode his donkey with some of his companions accompanying him. When he arrived, Abdullah said to him, "Step aside, for your donkey has disturbed me with its braying." A Muslim man said, "By Allah, the donkey of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has a better fragrance than you." This angered both of them, and their respective groups started hitting each other with clods and sandals. It was then reported that this verse was revealed about them: "And if two factions among the believers should fight..." (Quran 49:9)  

البيهقي:١٦٧٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ الْعَدْلُ بِبَغْدَادَ أَنْبَأَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِد بْنِ شَرِيكٍ ثَنَا نُعَيْمُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ ثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَوْ أَتَيْتَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أُبَيٍّ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَيْهِ وَرَكِبَ حِمَارَهُ وَرَكِبَ مَعَهُ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَلَمَّا أَتَاهُ قَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ تَنَحَّ فَقَدْ آذَانِي نَتْنُ حِمَارِكَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَاللهِ لَحِمَارُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَطْيَبُ رِيحًا مِنْكَ قَالَ فَغَضِبَ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا قَوْمُهُ فَتَضَارَبُوا بِالْجَرِيدِ وَالنِّعَالِ فَبَلَغَنَا إِنَّمَا نَزَلَتْ فِيهِمْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {وَإِنْ طَائِفَتَانِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اقْتَتَلُوا} [الحجرات 9] الْآيَةُ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُسَدَّدٍ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى كِلَاهُمَا عَنْ مُعْتَمِرٍ 16705 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ أَنْبَأَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْقَاضِي ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ قِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَوْ أَتَيْتَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أُبَيٍّ فَانْطَلَقَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَاكِبًا عَلَى حِمَارٍ وَانْطَلَقَ النَّاسُ يَمْشُونَ قَالَ وَهِيَ أَرْضٌ سَبِخَةٌ فَذَكَرَهُ قَالَ أَنَسٌ فَأُنْبِئْتُ أَنَّهَا أُنْزِلَتْ فِيهِمْ