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ahmad:14878Qutaybah > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: "Each person has a bird on his neck." Ibn Lahia said, it means the birdling.  

أحمد:١٤٨٧٨حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ طَائِرُ كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ فِي عُنُقِهِ قَالَ ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ يَعْنِي الطِّيَرَةَ  


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ahmad:14691Ḥasan > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Zubayriʿan Jābir

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Each servant has a bird on their neck."  

أحمد:١٤٦٩١حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِعَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ طَيْرُ كُلِّ عَبْدٍ فِي عُنُقِهِ  

tabarani:16092Bishr b. Mūsá > Hawdhah b. Khalīfah > ʿAwf > Ḥayyān > Qaṭan b. Qabīṣah from his father

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , saying, "Indeed, it is a kind of gypsum."  

الطبراني:١٦٠٩٢حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثَنَا هَوْذَةُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ ثَنَا عَوْفٌ عَنْ حَيَّانَ عَنْ قَطَنِ بْنِ قَبِيصَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ الْعِيَافَةَ وَالطَّرْقَ وَالطِّيَرَةَ مِنَ الْجِبْتِ»