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ahmad:18453Wakīʿ > 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:١٨٤٥٣حَدَّثَنَا 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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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:٤٨٦حَدَّثَنَا 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»