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ahmad:13378Yūnus > Ḥammād / Ibn Zayd > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] "I have never seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ hurting or harming a woman as much as he hurt Zainab bint Jahsh. He said, 'He hurt her as if he had hurt a sheep or slaughtered a sheep.'"  

أحمد:١٣٣٧٨حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْلَمَ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ مَا أَوْلَمَ عَلَى زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ قَالَ فَأَوْلَمَ بِشَاةٍ أَوْ ذَبَحَ شَاةً  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:5168Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ did not give a better wedding banquet on the occasion of marrying any of his wives than the one he gave on marrying Zainab, and that banquet was with (consisted of) one sheep.  

البخاري:٥١٦٨حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

مَا أَوْلَمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى شَىْءٍ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ مَا أَوْلَمَ عَلَى زَيْنَبَ أَوْلَمَ بِشَاةٍ  

bukhari:5171Musaddad > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Thābit > Dhukir Tazwīj Zaynab Āb.ah Jaḥsh ʿInd Anas

The marriage of Zainab bint Jahash was mentioned in the presence of Anas and he said, "I did not see the Prophet ﷺ giving a better banquet on marrying any of his wives than the one he gave on marrying Zainab. He then gave a banquet with one sheep."  

البخاري:٥١٧١حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

ذُكِرَ تَزْوِيجُ زَيْنَبَ ابْنَةِ جَحْشٍ عِنْدَ أَنَسٍ فَقَالَ مَا رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَوْلَمَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ مَا أَوْلَمَ عَلَيْهَا أَوْلَمَ بِشَاةٍ  

muslim:1428cAbū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī And ʾAbū Kāmil Fuḍayl b. Ḥusayn Waqutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād Wahū Ibn Zayd > Thābit

I did not see Messenger of Allah ﷺ giving a wedding feast (on the marriage) of any one (of his wives) as he did in the case of (his marriage with) Zainab, for then he sacrificed a goat (on this occasion).  

مسلم:١٤٢٨cحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ فُضَيْلُ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي كَامِلٍ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا قَالَ

مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَوْلَمَ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ وَقَالَ أَبُو كَامِلٍ عَلَى شَىْءٍ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ مَا أَوْلَمَ عَلَى زَيْنَبَ فَإِنَّهُ ذَبَحَ شَاةً  

abudawud:3743Musaddad And Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād > Thābit > Dhukir Tazwīj Zaynab b. Jaḥsh ʿInd Anas b. Mālik

The marriage of Zainab daughter of Jahsh was mentioned before Anas b. Malik. He said: I did not see that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ held such a wedding feast for any of his wives as he did for her. He held a wedding feast with a sheep.  

أبو داود:٣٧٤٣حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ ذُكِرَ تَزْوِيجُ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ عِنْدَ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ فَقَالَ

مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَوْلَمَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ مَا أَوْلَمَ عَلَيْهَا أَوْلَمَ بِشَاةٍ  

ibnmajah:1908Aḥmad b. ʿAbdah > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Thābit al-Bunānī > Anas b. Mālik

“I never saw the Messenger of Allah give a wedding feast for any of his wives like the feast he gave for Zainab, for which he slaughtered a sheep.”  

ابن ماجة:١٩٠٨حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَوْلَمَ عَلَى شَىْءٍ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ مَا أَوْلَمَ عَلَى زَيْنَبَ فَإِنَّهُ ذَبَحَ شَاةً  

tabarani:20584[Chain 1] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > ʿĀrim Abū al-Nuʿmān [Chain 2] Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb al-Qāḍī > Musaddad And ʾAbū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Thābit > Anas

“I never saw the Messenger of Allah give a wedding feast for any of his wives like the feast he gave for Zainab, for which he slaughtered a sheep.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1908)  

الطبراني:٢٠٥٨٤حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ حَدَّثَنَا عَارِمٌ أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْقَاضِي ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ وَأَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ قَالُوا ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

«مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَوَلَمَ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ مَا أَوْلَمَ عَلَى زَيْنَبَ فَإِنَّهُ ذَبَحَ شَاةً»  

nasai-kubra:6567Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas

“I never saw the Messenger of Allah give a wedding feast for any of his wives like the feast he gave for Zainab, for which he slaughtered a sheep.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1908)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٥٦٧أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

«مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْلَمَ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ مَا أَوْلَمَ عَلَى زَيْنَبَ فَإِنَّهُ ذَبَحَ شَاةً»