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ahmad:18376Wakīʿ > Misʿar > Simāk b. Ḥarb > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to align the rows, just as pitchers or spears are aligned.  

أحمد:١٨٣٧٦حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُسَوِّي بَيْنَ الصُّفُوفِ كَمَا تُسَوَّى الْقِدَاحُ أَوِ الرِّمَاحُ  


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ahmad:18385Abū Muʿāwiyah > Misʿar > Simāk b. Ḥarb > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to straighten the rows as the spears or the arrows are straightened.  

أحمد:١٨٣٨٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُقِيمُ الصُّفُوفَكَمَا تُقَامُ الرِّمَاحُ أَوِ الْقِدَاحُ  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِصِحَّةِ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:2169ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn b. Sulaymān Bi-al-Fusṭāṭ > Muḥammad b. Hishām b. Abū Khayrah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Misʿar b. Kidām > Simāk > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to straighten the rows as if they were a comb."  

ابن حبّان:٢١٦٩أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بِالْفُسْطَاطِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هِشَامِ بْنِ أَبِي خَيْرَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مِسْعَرُ بْنُ كِدَامٍ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُسَوِّي الصُّفُوفَ كَأَنَّمَا بِهَا الْقِدَاحُ»