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ahmad:14071ʿAffān > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas

The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) used to come to visit us. I had a younger brother who was called Abu ‘Umair by Kunyah (surname). He had a sparrow with which he played, but it died. So one day the prophet (May peace be upon him) came to see him and saw him grieved. He asked: What is the matter with him? The people replied: His sparrow has died. He then said: Abu ‘Umair! What has happened to the little sparrow? (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4969)   

أحمد:١٤٠٧١حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْنَا وَكَانَ لِي أَخٌ صَغِيرٌ وَكَانَ لَهُ نَغْرٌ يَلْعَبُ بِهِ فَمَاتَ فَدَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَرَآهُ حَزِينًا فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ حَزِينًا؟ فَقَالُوا مَاتَ نُغَرُهُ الَّذِي كَانَ يَلْعَبُ بِهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ مَا فَعَلَ النُّغَيْرُ؟ أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ مَا فَعَلَ النُّغَيْرُ؟  


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abudawud:4969Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas b. Mālik

The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) used to come to visit us. I had a younger brother who was called Abu ‘Umair by Kunyah (surname). He had a sparrow with which he played, but it died. So one day the prophet (May peace be upon him) came to see him and saw him grieved. He asked: What is the matter with him? The people replied: His sparrow has died. He then said: Abu ‘Umair! What has happened to the little sparrow?  

أبو داود:٤٩٦٩حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْنَا وَلِي أَخٌ صَغِيرٌ يُكْنَى أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ وَكَانَ لَهُ نُغَرٌ يَلْعَبُ بِهِ فَمَاتَ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَرَآهُ حَزِينًا فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُهُ قَالُوا مَاتَ نُغَرُهُ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ مَا فَعَلَ النُّغَيْرُ  

ahmad:12957Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to visit Umm Salim, and she had a son from Abu Talha, who was known as Abu Umair. He used to joke with him, so he entered and saw him sad. He said, "Why do I see Abu Umair sad?" They said, "His pet bird, which he used to play with, has died." He then started saying, "What did the Nughair do?"  

أحمد:١٢٩٥٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَدْخُلُ عَلَى أُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ وَلَهَا ابْنٌ مِنْ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ يُكْنَى أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ وَكَانَ يُمَازِحُهُ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَرَآهُ حَزِينًا فَقَالَ مَالِي أَرَى أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ حَزِينًا؟ فَقَالُوا مَاتَ نُغَرُهُ الَّذِي كَانَ يَلْعَبُ بِهِ قَالَ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ مَا فَعَلَ النُّغَيْرُ  

ahmad:13077Yazīd > Ḥumayd > Anas

[Machine] He is called Abu Umair and he had a pet bird. The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to visit it and see it sad, so he asked, "What happened to Abu Umair?" They said, "O Messenger of Allah, his bird has died." He then began to say, "O Abu Umair, what happened to the bird?"  

أحمد:١٣٠٧٧حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ ابْنًا لِأُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ صَغِيرًا كَانَ

يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو عُمَيْرٍ وَكَانَ لَهُ نُغَيْرٌ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا ضَاحَكَهُ فَرَآهُ حَزِينًا فَقَالَ مَا بَالُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَاتَ نُغَيْرُهُ قَالَ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ يَا أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ مَا فَعَلَ النُّغَيْرُ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ عَنِ الشَّيْءِ وَهُوَ خَبِيرٌ بِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَكُونَ ذَاكَ بِهِ اسْتِهْزَاءً

ibnhibban:109Abū Yaʿlá > Ḥawtharah b. Ashras > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to enter upon us and there was a young companion who was called Abu Umair. One day, the Prophet ﷺ entered upon us and said, "Abu Umair, what happened to the little bird?"  

ابن حبّان:١٠٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَوْثَرَةُ بْنُ أَشْرَسَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْنَا وَلِي أَخٌ صَغِيرٌ يُكَنَّى أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَقَالَ «أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ مَا فَعَلَ النُّغَيْرُ؟ »  

bayhaqi:9993Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ al-Muqriʾ Ibn al-Ḥammāmī > Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. Salmān al-Faqīh > Ismāʿīl b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] He is called Abu 'Umayr. The Prophet ﷺ used to play with him when he entered the house of Umm Sulaym. One day, he entered and found him sad, so he said, "Why is Abu 'Umayr sad?" They said, "O Messenger of Allah, his pet bird, which he used to play with, has died." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Abu 'Umayr, what happened to the little bird?"  

البيهقي:٩٩٩٣وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ حَفْصٍ الْمُقْرِئُ ابْنُ الْحَمَّامِيِّ بِبَغْدَادَ أنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ كَانَ ابْنٌ لِأُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ

يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو عُمَيْرٍ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رُبَّمَا مَازَحَهُ إِذَا دَخَلَ عَلَى أُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ فَدَخَلَ يَوْمًا فَوَجَدَهُ حَزِينًا فَقَالَ مَا لِأَبِي عُمَيْرٍ حَزِينًا؟ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَاتَ نُغَيْرُهُ الَّذِي كَانَ يَلْعَبُ بِهِ جَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ مَا فَعَلَ النُّغَيْرُ؟  

bayhaqi:21167Abū Ṭāhir al-Faqīh > Abū al-Faḍl ʿUbdūs b. al-Ḥusayn b. Manṣūr al-Naysābūrī > Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī > al-Anṣārī > Ḥumayd > Anas

[Machine] He is called Abu Umair, it is said that the Prophet ﷺ used to joke with him. One day, when he came to joke with him, he found him sad. He said, "Why do I see Abu Umair sad?" They said, "O Messenger of Allah, his little bird that he used to play with has died." So he called out to him, "O Abu Umair, what did the little bird do?"  

البيهقي:٢١١٦٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ أَبُو الْفَضْلِ عُبْدُوسُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ ثنا أَبُو حَاتِمٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا الْأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ كَانَ ابْنٌ لِأُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ

يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو عُمَيْرٍ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رُبَّمَا يُمَازِحُهُ إِذَا جَاءَ فَدَخَلَ يَوْمًا يُمَازِحُهُ فَوَجَدَهُ حَزِينًا فَقَالَ مَا لِي أَرَى أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ حَزِينًا ؟ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَاتَ نُغَيْرُهُ الَّذِي كَانَ يَلْعَبُ بِهِ فَجَعَلَ يُنَادِيهِ يَا أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ مَا فَعَلَ النُّغَيْرُ؟