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ahmad:18453 – Wakīʿ > al-Masʿūdī > Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah > Usāmah b. Sharīk

I came to the Prophet ﷺ, and his companions we as if they birds were perched on their heads (i.e. they were still and attentive).

أحمد:١٨٤٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ شَرِيكٍ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَإِذَا أَصْحَابُهُ كَأَنَّمَا عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمْ الطَّيْرُ

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tabarani:486 – ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > al-Masʿūdī > Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah > Usāmah b. Sharīk

I came to the Prophet ﷺ, and his companions we as if they birds were perched on their heads (i.e. they were still and attentive).

الطبراني:٤٨٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الْمَسْعُودِيِّ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ شَرِيكٍ قَالَ

«أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَإِذَا أَصْحَابُهُ كَأَنَّ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمُ الطَّيْرَ»