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ahmad:15227Ḥusayn > Abū Ūways > Shuraḥbīl b. Saʿd al-Anṣārī a freed slave of Banī Khaṭmaha > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "It is better for one of you to refrain from touching a stone than to possess a hundred camels, all of them pure black. If one of you is overwhelmed by the Satan, then let him touch one touch."

أحمد:١٥٢٢٧حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُوَيْسٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُرَحْبِيلُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ مَوْلَى بَنِي خَطْمَةَعَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَأَنْ يَكُفَّ أَحَدُكُمْ يَدَهُ عَنِ الْحَصَى خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ مِائَةِ نَاقَةٍ كُلُّهَا سُودُ الْحَدَقَةِ فَإِنْ غَلَبَ أَحَدَكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَلْيَمْسَحْ مَسْحَةً وَاحِدَةً

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ahmad:14514[Chain 1] Abū al-Naḍr > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb [Chain 2] Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Shuraḥbīl > Jābir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "It is better for one of you to hold his hand back from touching a stone than to have a hundred black-eyed camels. If one of you is dominated by Satan, let him wipe (his face) once."

أحمد:١٤٥١٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ ح وَابْنِ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَأَنْ يُمْسِكَ أَحَدُكُمْ يَدَهُعَنِ الْحَصَى خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ مِائَةِ نَاقَةٍ كُلُّهَا سُودُ الْحَدَقَةِ فَإِنْ غَلَبَ أَحَدَكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَلْيَمْسَحْ مَسْحَةً وَاحِدَةً

ahmad:15124Hāshim b. al-Qāsim > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Shuraḥbīl b. Saʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "It is better for anyone of you to hold his hand from the fire of Hellstone than to have a hundred black-eyed she-camels. And if one of you is overpowered by Satan, then he should seek refuge with Allah and wash his face with water once."

أحمد:١٥١٢٤حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ سَعْدٍعَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَأَنْ يُمْسِكَ أَحَدُكُمْ يَدَهُ عَنِ الْحَصْبَاءِ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ مِائَةُ نَاقَةٍ كُلُّهَا سُودُ الْحَدَقَةِ فَإِنْ غَلَبَ أَحَدَكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَلْيَمْسَحْ مَسْحَةً وَاحِدَةً