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ahmad:16072ʿAlī b. Thābit > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Nuʿmān b. Maʿbad b. Hawdhah al-Anṣārī > Abīhiʿan Jaddih

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded the use of kohl before sleeping.  

أحمد:١٦٠٧٢حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ هَوْذَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِعَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِالْإِثْمِدِ الْمُرَوَّحِ عِنْدَ النَّوْمِ  


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abudawud:2377al-Nufaylī > ʿAlī b. Thābit > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Nuʿmān b. Maʿbad b. Hawdhah from his father from his grandfather

The Prophet ﷺ commanded to apply collyrium mixed with musk at the time of sleep. He said: A man who is fasting should abstain from it. Abu Dawud said: Yahya b. Ma'in said to me: This tradition about the use of collyrium is munkar (i.e. contradicts the sound traditions on the subject).  

أبو داود:٢٣٧٧حَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ هَوْذَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ أَمَرَ بِالإِثْمِدِ الْمُرَوَّحِ عِنْدَ النَّوْمِ وَقَالَ لِيَتَّقِهِ الصَّائِمُ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ لِي يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ هُوَ حَدِيثٌ مُنْكَرٌ يَعْنِي حَدِيثَ الْكَحْلِ