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ahmad:16571 – Yazīd b. Hārūn > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥarmalah > al-Ḥārith b. Khufāf > Abīh Khufāf b. Īmāʾ b. Raḥaḍah al-Ghifārī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed a prostration in prayer, then he raised his head and said: "Ghifār is the one for whom Allah forgave, and Aslam is the one for whom Allah granted peace. And ʿUṣayyah is the one who disobeyed Allah and His Messenger. O Allah, curse the Banī Laḥyān. O Allah, curse Riʿlān and Dhakwān." Then he raised his voice and performed a bow and prostrated saying: "Khufāf." Thus, the curse of disbelief was established for that reason.  

أحمد:١٦٥٧١ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ خُفَافٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ خُفَافِ بْنِ إِيمَاءِ بْنِ رَحَضَةَ الْغِفَارِيِّ قَالَ

رَكَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الصَّلَاةِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ غِفَارٌ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهَا وَأَسْلَمُ سَالَمَهَا اللهُ وَعُصَيَّةُ عَصَتِ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ اللهُمَّ الْعَنْ بَنِي لَحْيَانَ اللهُمَّ الْعَنْ رِعْلًا وَذَكْوَانَ ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ وَوَقَعَ سَاجِدًا قَالَخُفَافٌ فَجُعِلَتْ لَعْنَةُ الْكَفَرَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ  

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muslim:2517 – Abū al-Ṭāhir > Ibn Wahb > al-Layth > ʿImrān b. Abū Anas > Ḥanẓalah b. ʿAlī > Khufāf b. Īmāʾ al-Ghifārī

O Allah, hurl curse upon the tribe of Lihyan and Ri'l aid Dhakwan and Usayya for they disobeyed Allah and His Messenger, (and for) Ghifar Allah has granted pardon and for the tribe of Aslam Allah has granted safety.  

مسلم:٢٥١٧ – حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنِ اللَّيْثِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ أَبِي أَنَسٍ عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ خُفَافِ بْنِ إِيمَاءَ الْغِفَارِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي صَلاَةٍ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ بَنِي لِحْيَانَ وَرِعْلاً وَذَكْوَانَ وَعُصَيَّةَ عَصَوُا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ غِفَارُ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهَا وَأَسْلَمُ سَالَمَهَا اللَّهُ  

muslim:679a – Abū al-Ṭāhir Aḥmad b. ʿAmr b. Sarḥ al-Miṣrī > Ibn Wahb > al-Layth > ʿImrān b. Abū Anas > Ḥanẓalah b. ʿAlī > Khufāf b. Īmāʾ al-Ghifārī

0 Allah I curse the tribes of Lihyan, Ri'l, Dhakwan, and 'Usayya for they disobeyed Allah and His Messenger ﷺ. Allah pardoned (the tribe of) Ghifar and Allah granted protection to (the tribe of) Aslam  

مسلم:٦٧٩a – حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَرْحٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنِ اللَّيْثِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ أَبِي أَنَسٍ عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ خُفَافِ بْنِ إِيمَاءٍ الْغِفَارِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي صَلاَةٍ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ بَنِي لِحْيَانَ وَرِعْلاً وَذَكْوَانَ وَعُصَيَّةَ عَصَوُا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ غِفَارُ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهَا وَأَسْلَمُ سَالَمَهَا اللَّهُ  

muslim:679b – Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb And Qutaybah And Ibn Ḥujr > Ibn Ayyūb > Ismāʿīl > Muḥammad Wahū Ibn ʿAmr > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥarmalah > al-Ḥārith b. Khufāf

So far as the tribe of Ghifar is concerned, Allah had pardoned it, and Allah had granted protection to the tribe of Aslam, and as for the tribe of Usayya, It had disobeyed Allah and His Messenger, (and further said): O Allah! curse the tribe of Lihyan curse Ri'l, and Dhakwan, and then fell in prostration. It is after this that the cursing of the unbelievers got a sanction.  

مسلم:٦٧٩b – وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ وَقُتَيْبَةُ وَابْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ ابْنُ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ خُفَافٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ خُفَافُ بْنُ إِيمَاءٍ رَكَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ غِفَارُ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهَا وَأَسْلَمُ سَالَمَهَا اللَّهُ وَعُصَيَّةُ عَصَتِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ بَنِي لِحْيَانَ وَالْعَنْ رِعْلاً وَذَكْوَانَ ثُمَّ وَقَعَ سَاجِدًا قَالَ خُفَافٌ فَجُعِلَتْ لَعْنَةُ الْكَفَرَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ  

ahmad:16570 – Yazīd b. Hārūn > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > ʿImrān b. Abū Anas > Ḥanẓalah b. ʿAlī al-Aslamī > Khufāf b. Īmāʾ b. Raḥaḍah al-Ghifārī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed the dawn prayer with us. When he raised his head from the last rakah, he said, "May Allah curse Liyan, Ri'l, and Dukhwān, and the disobedient one who disobeys Allah and His Messenger. May Allah keep her under His peace and forgiveness." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prostrated. When he finished, he recited to the people and said, "O people, I did not say it, but Allah ﷻ said it."  

أحمد:١٦٥٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ أَبِي أَنَسٍ عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ عَنْ خُفَافِ بْنِ إِيمَاءِ بْنِ رَحَضَةَ الْغِفَارِيِّ قَالَ

صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الصُّبْحَ وَنَحْنُ مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرَّكْعَةِ الْآخِرَةِ قَالَ لَعَنَ اللهُ لِحْيَانًا وَرِعْلًا وَذَكْوَانَ وَعُصَيَّةَ عَصَتِ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ أَسْلَمُ سَالَمَهَا اللهُ وَغِفَارٌ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهَا ثُمَّ وَقَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَاجِدًا فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَرَأَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي أَنَا لَسْتُ قُلْتُهُ وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَالَهُ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ هَذِهِ السُّنَّةَ تَفَرَّدَ بِهَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ

ibnhibban:1984 – Jaʿfar b. Aḥmad b. Sinān al-Qaṭṭān Biwāsiṭ from my father > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥarmalah > al-Ḥārith b. Khufāf b. Raḥaḍah al-Ghifārī > Abīh Khufāf

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ performed the prayer and then raised his head and said, "Ghifārun Ghafar Allāhu lahā wa aslamu sālamahā Allāhu wa 'uṣayyatuhu 'aṣat Allāha wa Rasūlahu, allāhumma l'an Banī Lihyān, allāhumma l'an Ri'alān wa Dhakwān." Then he Allāhu Akbar [said the takbir] and fell into prostration. He said, "He cursed the disbelievers because of that."  

ابن حبّان:١٩٨٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ سِنَانٍ الْقَطَّانُ بِوَاسِطٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ خُفَافِ بْنِ رَحَضَةَ الْغِفَارِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ خُفَافٍ قَالَ

رَكَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الصَّلَاةِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ «غِفَارٌ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهَا وَأَسْلَمُ سَالَمَهَا اللَّهُ وَعُصَيَّةُ عَصَتِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهِ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ بَنِي لِحْيَانَ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ رِعْلًا وَذَكْوَانَ ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ وَوَقَعَ سَاجِدًا» قَالَ فَجَعَلَ لَعْنَةَ الْكَفَرَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ  

tabarani:4169 – Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb al-ʿAllāf al-Miṣrī > Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > Ibn Ḥarmalah > Ḥanẓalah b. ʿAlī al-Aslamī > Khufāf b. Īmāʾ al-Ghifārī > And Kānat Lah Ṣuḥbah

O Allah, hurl curse upon the tribe of Lihyan and Ri'l aid Dhakwan and Usayya for they disobeyed Allah and His Messenger, (and for) Ghifar Allah has granted pardon and for the tribe of Aslam Allah has granted safety. (Using translation from Muslim 2517)   

الطبراني:٤١٦٩ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْعَلَّافُ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ حَرْمَلَةَ عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ أَنَّ خُفَافَ بْنَ إِيمَاءَ الْغِفَارِيَّ أَخْبَرَهُ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَامَ فِي صَلَاةٍ مِنَ الصَّلَوَاتِ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ الْعَنْ لِحْيَانًا وَرِعْلًا وَذَكْوَانَ وَعُصَيَّةَ عَصَتِ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَغِفَارُ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهَا وَأَسْلَمُ سَالَمَهَا اللهُ»  

tabarani:4172 – Muṭṭalib b. Shuʿayb al-Azdī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > ʿImrān b. Abū Anas > Ḥanẓalah b. ʿAlī > Khufāf b. Īmāʾ b. Raḥaḍah al-Ghifārī

O Allah, hurl curse upon the tribe of Lihyan and Ri'l aid Dhakwan and Usayya for they disobeyed Allah and His Messenger, (and for) Ghifar Allah has granted pardon and for the tribe of Aslam Allah has granted safety. (Using translation from Muslim 2517)  

الطبراني:٤١٧٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُطَّلِبُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي عِمْرَانُ بْنُ أَبِي أَنَسٍ عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ خُفَافِ بْنِ إِيمَاءَ بْنِ رَحَضَةَ الْغِفَارِيِّ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي صَلَاةٍ «اللهُمَّ الْعَنْ بَنِي لِحْيَانَ وَرِعْلًا وَذَكْوَانَ وَعُصَيَّةَ عَصَوْا اللهَ وَغِفَارُ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهَا وَأَسْلَمُ سَالَمَهَا اللهُ»  

tabarani:4173 – [Chain 1] Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. Najdah al-Ḥawṭī > Aḥmad b. Khālid al-Wahbī > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq [Chain 2] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > ʿImrān b. Abū Anas > Ḥanẓalah b. ʿAlī al-Aslamī > Khufāf b. Īmāʾ b. Raḥaḍah al-Ghifārī

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ prayed Fajr with us, and when he raised his head from the last rak'ah, he said: "May Allah curse Lihyan, Ri'l, Dhakwan, and 'Usayyah who disobeyed Allah and His Messenger. May Allah send His peace and forgiveness upon the one who follows the true path." Then he prostrated and after completing the prayer, he turned towards the people and said: "O people, I did not say this, but Allah said it."  

الطبراني:٤١٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ بْنِ نَجْدَةَ الْحَوْطِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْوَهْبِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ أَبِي أَنَسٍ عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ عَنْ خُفَافِ بْنِ إِيمَاءَ بْنِ رَحَضَةَ الْغِفَارِيِّ قَالَ

صَلَّى بِنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْفَجْرَ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرَّكْعَةِ الْآخِرَةِ قَالَ «لَعَنَ اللهُ لِحْيَانًا وَرِعْلًا وَذَكْوَانَ وَعُصَيَّةَ عَصَتِ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ أَسْلَمُ سَالَمَهَا اللهُ وَغِفَارُ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهَا» ثُمَّ خَرَّ سَاجِدًا فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ بِوَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي لَسْتُ أَنَا قُلْتُ هَذَا وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَالَهُ»  

tabarani:4174 – Abū Yazīd al-Qarāṭīsī > Ḥajjāj b. Ibrāhīm al-Azraq > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥarmalah > al-Ḥārith b. Khufāf b. Īmāʾ

So far as the tribe of Ghifar is concerned, Allah had pardoned it, and Allah had granted protection to the tribe of Aslam, and as for the tribe of Usayya, It had disobeyed Allah and His Messenger, (and further said): O Allah! curse the tribe of Lihyan curse Ri'l, and Dhakwan, and then fell in prostration. It is after this that the cursing of the unbelievers got a sanction. (Using translation from Muslim 679b)  

الطبراني:٤١٧٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْأَزْرَقُ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ خُفَافِ بْنِ إِيمَاءَ قَالَ قَالَ

خُفَافُ بْنُ إِيمَاءَ رَكَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ «غِفَارُ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهَا وَأَسْلَمُ سَالَمَهَا اللهُ وَعُصَيَّةُ عَصَتِ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ اللهُمَّ الْعَنْ بَنِي لِحْيَانَ وَرِعْلًا وَذَكْوَانَ» ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ وَقَعَ سَاجِدًا قَالَ خُفَافٌ فَجُعِلَتْ لَعْنَةُ الْكَفَرَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ  

bayhaqi:3130 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Walīd > Muḥammad b. Sulaymān > ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥarmalah > al-Ḥārith b. Khufāf

[Machine] He said, "Khuwafah ibn Ima'ah reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed a ruku' (bowing) and then raised his head and said, "O Allah, you have forgiven her (referring to a woman named Ghifarah) and granted her peace. Allah and His Messenger have disobeyed her. O Allah, curse Banu Lahyan, Ri'ilan, and Dhakwan." Then he went down into prostration. Khalid said, "Because of this incident, the curse of Allah was placed upon the disbelievers."  

البيهقي:٣١٣٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ خُفَافٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ خُفَافُ بْنُ إِيمَاءٍ رَكَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ غِفَارُ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهَا وَأَسْلَمُ سَالَمَهَا اللهُ وَعُصَيَّةُ عَصَتِ اللهِ وَرَسُولَهُ اللهُمَّ الْعَنْ بَنِي لَحْيَانَ وَالْعَنْ رِعْلًا وَذَكْوَانَ ثُمَّ خَرَّ سَاجِدًا قَالَ خَالِدٌ فَجُعِلَتْ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ الْكَفَرَةَ لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَيُّوبَ وَقُتَيْبَةَ وَعَلِيِّ بْنِ حُجْرٍ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ خُفَافٌ فَجُعِلَتْ وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّهُ أَفْتَى بِالْقُنُوتِ بَعْدَ الرُّكُوعِ