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ahmad:17373 – Qutaybah > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū ʿUshhānah > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Do not hate your daughters, for they are your precious companions.”  

أحمد:١٧٣٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ؛ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ؛ عَنْ أَبِي عُشَّانَةَ؛ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَكْرَهُوا الْبَنَاتِ فَإِنَّهُنَّ الْمُؤْنِسَاتُ الْغَالِيَاتُ۔»  

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tabarani:14985 – Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Firyābī > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū ʿUshhānah > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Do not hate your daughters, for they are your precious companions.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 17373)  

الطبراني:١٤٩٨٥ – حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عُشَّانَةَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تُكْرِهُوا الْبَنَاتِ فَإِنَّهُنَّ الْمُؤْنِسَاتُ الْغَالِيَاتُ»