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ahmad:16248Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > Shuʿbah > Muʿāwiyah Abū Iyās

[Machine] I heard my father, who had met the Prophet ﷺ , say that he wiped his head and sought forgiveness for him.  

أحمد:١٦٢٤٨حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَبِي وَقَدْ كَانَ أَدْرَكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ  


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tabarani:16168[Chain 1] ʿAbdān b. Muḥammad al-Marwazī > Isḥāq b. Rāhawayh > Shabābah b. Sawwār [Chain 2] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Shabābah b. Sawwār > Shuʿbah > Muʿāwiyah b. Qurrah from his father

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ wiped his head and sought forgiveness for him.  

الطبراني:١٦١٦٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ رَاهَوَيْهِ أنا شَبَابَةُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ قُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ»