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ahmad:14232Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Muḥārib > Jābir

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade that a man should come to his family like (an unexpected) night visitor doubting their fidelity and spying into their lapses. (Using translation from Muslim 715ab)  

أحمد:١٤٢٣٢حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُحَارِبٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَطْرُقَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَهُ لَيْلًا أَنْ يُخَوِّنَهُمْ أَوْ يَلْتَمِسَ عَثَرَاتِهِمْ  


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muslim:715abAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Muḥārib > Jābir

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade that a man should come to his family like (an unexpected) night visitor doubting their fidelity and spying into their lapses.  

مسلم:٧١٥abوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مُحَارِبٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَطْرُقَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَهُ لَيْلاً يَتَخَوَّنُهُمْ أَوْ يَلْتَمِسُ عَثَرَاتِهِمْ  

ahmad:14327Naṣr b. Bāb > Ḥajjāj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade that a man should come to his family like (an unexpected) night visitor doubting their fidelity and spying into their lapses. (Using translation from Muslim 715ab)   

أحمد:١٤٣٢٧حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ بَابٍ عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَطْرُقَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَهُ لَيْلًا  

darimi:2673Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Sufyān > Muḥārib b. Dithār > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ forbade a man from visiting his family at night or spying on them, or seeking their faults. Sufyan said regarding his statement "or seeking their faults", I do not know the meaning of this, it was said by Muharib or something that is in the Hadith.  

الدارمي:٢٦٧٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُحَارِبَ بْنَ دِثَارٍ يَذْكُرُ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

«نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَطْرُقَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَهُ لَيْلًا أَوْ يُخَوِّنَهُمْ أَوْ يَلْتَمِسَ عَثَرَاتِهِمْ» قَالَ سُفْيَانُ قَوْلُهُ أَوْ يُخَوِّنَهُمْ أَوْ يَلْتَمِسَ عَثَرَاتِهِمْ مَا أَدْرِي شَيْءٌ قَالَهُ مُحَارِبٌ أَوْ شَيْءٌ هُوَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ طَلَبِ الْمَرْءِ عَثَرَاتِ أَهْلِهِ أَوْ تَقَصُّدِ خِيَانَتِهِمْ

ibnhibban:4182Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Muḥārib b. Dithār > Jābir

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade that a man should come to his family like (an unexpected) night visitor doubting their fidelity and spying into their lapses. (Using translation from Muslim 715ab)   

ابن حبّان:٤١٨٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مُحَارِبِ بْنِ دِثَارٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

«نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَطْرُقَ الْمَرْءُ أَهْلَهُ لَيْلًا أَوْ يُخَوِّنَهُمْ وَيَلْتَمِسَ عَثَرَاتِهِمْ»  

nasai-kubra:9096ʿAmr b. Manṣūr > Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > Muḥārib b. Dithār > Jābir

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade that a man should come to his family like (an unexpected) night visitor doubting their fidelity and spying into their lapses. (Using translation from Muslim 715ab)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٠٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مُحَارِبِ بْنِ دِثَارٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَطْرُقَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَهُ لَيْلًا أَنْ يَتَخَوَّنَهُمْ أَوْ يَلْتَمِسَ عَثَرَاتِهِمْ