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ahmad:18093ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > ʿĀṣim b. Abū al-Najūd > Zir b. Ḥubaysh > Atayt Ṣafwān b. ʿAssāl al-Murādī > Mā Jāʾ Bik > Jiʾt Aṭlub al-ʿIlm > Faʾinnī

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Whenever someone leaves their home in search of knowledge, the angels lower their wings in approval of what they are doing." He was asked about wiping over the socks. He replied, "Yes, I was amongst the army that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent, and he commanded us to wipe over our socks three times, for cleanliness, during travel for up to three days and nights, and during staying in a place for one day and one night. We do not take them off except when in a state of major ritual impurity (janabah)." He also said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'There is a gate open for repentance in the west, the distance of a journey of seventy years, which will not be closed until the sun rises from the west.'"  

أحمد:١٨٠٩٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ صَفْوَانَ بْنَ عَسَّالٍ الْمُرَادِيَّ فَقَالَ مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ جِئْتُ أَطْلُبُ الْعِلْمَ قَالَ فَإِنِّي

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا مِنْ خَارِجٍ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْتٍ فِي طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ إِلَّا وَضَعَتْ لَهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا رِضًا بِمَا يَصْنَعُ قَالَ جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ بِالْخُفَّيْنِ قَالَ نَعَمْ لَقَدْ كُنْتُ فِي الْجَيْشِ الَّذِينَ بَعَثَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَمْسَحَ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ إِذَا نَحْنُ أَدْخَلْنَاهُمَا عَلَى طُهْرٍ ثَلَاثًا إِذَا سَافَرْنَا وَيَوْمًا وَلَيْلَةً إِذَا أَقَمْنَا وَلَا نَخْلَعَهُمَا مِنْ غَائِطٍ وَلَا بَوْلٍ وَلَا نَوْمٍ وَلَا نَخْلَعَهُمَا إِلَّا مِنْجَنَابَةٍ قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ بِالْمَغْرِبِ بَابًا مَفْتُوحًا لِلتَّوْبَةِ مَسِيرَتُهُ سَبْعُونَ سَنَةً لَا يُغْلَقُ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ نَحْوِهِ  


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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمَسْحَ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ إِنَّمَا أُبِيحَ إِذَا أَدْخَلَ الْمَرْءُ رِجْلَيْهِ فِي الْخُفَّيْنِ وَهُوَ عَلَى طُهُورٍ

ibnhibban:1325Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah Bikhabar Gharīb > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá And Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > ʿĀṣim > Zir > Atayt Ṣafwān b. ʿAssāl al-Murādī > Mā Jāʾ Bik > Jiʾt Unbiṭ al-ʿIlm > Faʾinnī

[Machine] What brought you here? I said, I came to seek knowledge. He said, I have heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Whenever a person goes out of his house in search of knowledge, the angels lower their wings in approval of what he is doing." I said, I came to ask you about wiping over the socks. He said, Yes, we were in the army that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent. He commanded us to wipe over the socks when we put them on while in a state of purity three times, even if we were traveling and did not remove them due to feces or urine.  

ابن حبّان:١٣٢٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ بِخَبَرٍ غَرِيبٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِرٍّ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ صَفْوَانَ بْنَ عَسَّالٍ الْمُرَادِيَّ فَقَالَ

مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟ قُلْتُ جِئْتُ أُنْبِطُ الْعِلْمَ قَالَ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَا مِنْ خَارِجٍ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ يَطْلُبُ الْعِلْمَ إِلَّا وَضَعَتْ لَهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا رِضًا بِمَا يَصْنَعُ» قَالَ جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ قَالَ نَعَمْ كُنَّا فِي الْجَيْشِ الَّذِينَ بَعَثَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَمْسَحَ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ إِذَا نَحْنُ أَدْخَلْنَاهُمَا عَلَى طُهُورٍ ثَلَاثًا إِذَا سَافَرْنَا وَلَا نَخْلَعُهُمَا مِنْ غَائِطٍ وَلَا بَوْلٍ»  

tabarani:7352Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > ʿĀṣim b. Abū al-Najūd > Zir b. Ḥubaysh > Atayt Ṣafwān b. ʿAssāl al-Murādī > Mā Jāʾ Bik > Jiʾt Ābtighāʾ al-ʿIlm > Faʾinnī > Rasūl Allāh ﷺ > Mā Min

[Machine] "What brings you?" I said, "I have come seeking knowledge." He said, "Indeed, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Whenever a person goes out of his house in search of knowledge, the angels lower their wings in approval of what he is doing.'" I said, "I have come to ask you about wiping over the socks." He said, "Yes, I was in the army that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent, and he commanded us to wipe over our socks when they are pure, three times when we are traveling, and one night when we are staying. We do not remove them except from sexual impurity." He said, "And I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Indeed, for Maghrib (sunset) there is an open door for repentance, the distance of seventy years, which is not closed until the sun rises from its setting.'"  

الطبراني:٧٣٥٢حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ صَفْوَانَ بْنَ عَسَّالٍ الْمُرَادِيَّ فَقَالَ

مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟ قُلْتُ جِئْتُ ابْتِغَاءَ الْعِلْمِ قَالَ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَا مِنْ خَارِجٍ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ فِي طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ إِلَّا وَضَعَتْ لَهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا رِضًا بِمَا يَصْنَعُ» قُلْتُ جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ قَالَ نَعَمْ كُنْتُ فِي الْجَيْشِ الَّذِي بَعَثَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «فَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَمْسَحَ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ إِذَا نَحْنُ أَدْخَلْنَاهُمَا عَلَى طَهُورٍ ثَلَاثًا إِذَا سَافَرْنَا وَلَيْلَةً إِذَا أَقَمْنَا وَلَا نَخْلَعُهُمَا مِنْ غَائِطٍ وَلَا بَوْلٍ وَلَا نَوْمٍ وَلَا نَخْلَعُهُمَا إِلَّا مِنْ جَنَابَةٍ» قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ لِلْمَغْرِبِ بَابًا مَفْتُوحًا لِلتَّوْبَةِ مَسِيرَةُ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً لَا يُغْلَقُ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا»  

bayhaqi:1341Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sulamī And ʾAbū Bakr Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥārith al-Faqīh > ʿAlī b. ʿUmar al-Ḥāfiẓ > Ibn Ṣāʿid > Zuhayr b. Muḥammad Wa-al-Ḥasan b. Abū al-Rabīʿ > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > ʿĀṣim b. Abū al-Najūd > Zir b. Ḥubaysh > Jiʾt Ṣafwān b. ʿAssāl al-Murādī > Mā Jāʾ Bik > Jiʾt Aṭlub al-ʿIlm > Faʾinnī

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "No one goes out of his house seeking knowledge except that the angels spread their wings for him, pleased with what he does." He said, "I came to ask you about wiping over the two socks." He said, "Yes, I was in the army that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent, and he commanded us to wipe over the two socks when we put them on in a state of purity, three times when we traveled, and for the duration of a night when we stayed, and we did not remove them for urination, defecation, sleep, or except from janabah." He said, "And I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Indeed, at Maghrib there is an open gate for repentance, its distance is seventy years, and it does not close until the sun rises from its direction.'"  

البيهقي:١٣٤١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيُّ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ الْفَقِيهُ قَالَا ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْحَافِظُ ثنا ابْنُ صَاعِدٍ ثنا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَبِي الرَّبِيعِ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ قَالَا ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ثنا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ قَالَ جِئْتُ صَفْوَانَ بْنَ عَسَّالٍ الْمُرَادِيَّ فَقَالَ مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟ فَقُلْتُ جِئْتُ أَطْلُبُ الْعِلْمَ قَالَ فَإِنِّي

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا مِنْ خَارِجٍ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ فِي طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ إِلَّا وَضَعَتْ لَهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا رِضَاءً بِمَا يَصْنَعُ قَالَ جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ قَالَ نَعَمْ كُنْتُ فِي الْجَيْشِ الَّذِي بَعَثَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَمْسَحَ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ إِذَا نَحْنُ أَدْخَلْنَاهُمَا عَلَى طُهْرٍ ثَلَاثًا إِذَا سَافَرْنَا وَلَيْلَةً إِذَا أَقَمْنَا وَلَا نَخْلَعَهُمَا مِنْ بَوْلٍ وَلَا غَائِطٍ وَلَا نَوْمٍ وَلَا نَخْلَعَهُمَا إِلَّا مِنْ جَنَابَةٍ قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ بِالْمَغْرِبِ بَابًا مَفْتُوحًا لِلتَّوْبَةِ مَسِيرَتُهُ سَبْعُونَ سَنَةً لَا يُغْلَقُ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ نَحْوِهِ