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ahmad:15781ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb b. Mālik > Kaʿb b. Mālik

It was rarely that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out on a journey on any day but on a Thursday. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2605)   

أحمد:١٥٧٨١حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

أَقَلُّ مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْرُجُ إِذَا أَرَادَ سَفَرًا إِلَّا يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ  


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abudawud:2605Saʿīd b. Manṣūr > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Yūnus b. Yazīd > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb b. Mālik > Kaʿb b. Mālik

It was rarely that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out on a journey on any day but on a Thursday.  

أبو داود:٢٦٠٥حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَلَّمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَخْرُجُ فِي سَفَرٍ إِلاَّ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ  

ahmad:27178Isḥāq / Ibn al-Ṭabāʿ > Ibn Lahīʿah > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > al-Zuhrī > Ibn Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to only travel on Thursdays.  

أحمد:٢٧١٧٨حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الطَّبَاعِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُسَافِرَ لَا يُسَافِرُ إِلَّا يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ  

darimi:2480ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb from his father

It was rarely that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out on a journey on any day but on a Thursday. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2605)   

الدارمي:٢٤٨٠حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ أَنْبَأَنَا يُونُسُ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«لَقَلَّمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَخْرُجُ إِذَا أَرَادَ سَفَرًا إِلَّا يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ»  

tabarani:16221[Chain 1] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah [Chain 2] Abū Ḥuṣayn al-Qāḍī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Ibn Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

It was rarely that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out on a journey on any day but on a Thursday. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2605)  

الطبراني:١٦٢٢١حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حُصَيْنٍ الْقَاضِي ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ قَالَا ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«قَلَّمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ» يَخْرُجُ فِي سَفَرٍ إِلَّا يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ