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ahmad:15484ʿAffān > Khālid al-Wāsiṭī > ʿAmr b. Yaḥyá > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá from his uncle Wāsiʿ b. Ḥabbān > Wahbb. Ḥudhayfah

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , he said: "When a man gets up from his seat and then returns to it, he has a greater right to it. And if he has a need, and gets up to fulfill that need, and then returns, he also has a greater right to it."  

أحمد:١٥٤٨٤حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ الْوَاسِطِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَمِّهِ وَاسِعِ بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ حُذَيْفَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا قَامَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ حَاجَةٌ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ  


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muslim:2179Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū ʿAwānah > Qutaybah Ayḍ > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz / Ibn Muḥammad > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

When anyone amongst you stands up, and in the badltb transmitted on the authority of Abu 'Awina, the words are:" He who stands in his place and (goes away) and then comes back to it, he his the greatest right (to occupy that).  

مسلم:٢١٧٩وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ وَقَالَ قُتَيْبَةُ أَيْضًا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ وَفِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي عَوَانَةَ مَنْ قَامَ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ  

ahmad:9774Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When a man gets up from his sitting position and then returns, he has more right to it."  

أحمد:٩٧٧٤حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْمَجْلِسِهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ  

ahmad:9047ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah And Wuhayb > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

When anyone amongst you stands up, and in the badltb transmitted on the authority of Abu 'Awina, the words are:" He who stands in his place and (goes away) and then comes back to it, he his the greatest right (to occupy that). (Using translation from Muslim 2179)   

أحمد:٩٠٤٧حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَوُهَيْبٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا سُهَيْلٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ  

ahmad:7568Abū Kāmil > Zuhayr > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When a person gets up from his seat and then returns to it, he has more right to it."  

أحمد:٧٥٦٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُهَيْلٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ  

ahmad:7810ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

When anyone amongst you stands up, and in the badltb transmitted on the authority of Abu 'Awina, the words are:" He who stands in his place and (goes away) and then comes back to it, he his the greatest right (to occupy that). (Using translation from Muslim 2179)   

أحمد:٧٨١٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ  

ahmad:10823ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Ḥammād > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

"When one of you gets up from his spot, then comes back, he has more right to it." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3717)   

أحمد:١٠٨٢٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ  

ahmad:10942Hāshim And ʾAbū Kāmil > Zuhayr > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When a man stands up from his sitting and then returns to it, he is more deserving of it."  

أحمد:١٠٩٤٢حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُهَيْلُ بْنُ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ  

وَهْبُ بْنُ حُذَيْفَةَ

tabarani:18653[Chain 1] Aḥmad b. al-Qāsim b. Musāwir al-Jawharī > Saʿīd b. Sulaymān al-Wāsiṭī [Chain 2] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Kathīr b. Yaḥyá Abū Mālik Ṣāḥib al-Baṣrī > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAmr b. Yaḥyá > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥabbān from his uncle Wāsiʿ b. Ḥabbān > Wahbb. Ḥudhayfah

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When a person stands up from his gathering and then returns to it, he has more right to it."  

الطبراني:١٨٦٥٣حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُسَاوِرٍ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا كَثِيرُ بْنُ يَحْيَى أَبُو مَالِكٍ صَاحِبُ الْبَصْرِيِّ قَالَا ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ واسِعِ بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ حُذَيْفَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا قَامَ الرَّجُلُ عَنْ مَجْلِسِهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ»