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ahmad:18783Khalaf b. al-Walīd > ʿAbbād / Ibn ʿAbbād > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > al-Ḥakam b. ʿUtaybah > Ibn Abū Laylá > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUkaym al-Juhanī

[Machine] The book of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us in the land of Juheina. He said, "I was a young boy before his death by a month or two, and he said, 'Do not benefit from the dead through fear or lineage.'"  

أحمد:١٨٧٨٣حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبَّادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ عُتَيْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُكَيْمٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ قَالَ

أَتَانَا كِتَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِأَرْضِ جُهَيْنَةَ قَالَ وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ شَابٌّ قَبْلَ وَفَاتِهِ بِشَهْرٍ أَوْ شَهْرَيْنِ أَنْ لَا تَنْتَفِعُوا مِنَ الْمَيْتَةِ بِإِهَابٍ وَلَا عَصَبٍ  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
nasai:4249Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Bishr / Ibn al-Mufaḍḍal > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibn Abū Laylá > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUkaym

"The letter of the Messenger of Allah was read to us when I was a young boy: 'Do not make use of the skins and sinew of dead animals."'  

النسائي:٤٢٤٩أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُفَضَّلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُكَيْمٍ قَالَ

قُرِئَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا غُلاَمٌ شَابٌّ أَنْ لاَ تَنْتَفِعُوا مِنَ الْمَيْتَةِ بِإِهَابٍ وَلاَ عَصَبٍ  

abudawud:4127Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUkaym

The letter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was read out to us in the territory of Juhaynah when I was a young boy: Do not make use of the skin or sinew of an animal which died a natural death.  

أبو داود:٤١٢٧حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُكَيْمٍ قَالَ

قُرِئَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِأَرْضِ جُهَيْنَةَ وَأَنَا غُلاَمٌ شَابٌّ أَنْ لاَ تَسْتَمْتِعُوا مِنَ الْمَيْتَةِ بِإِهَابٍ وَلاَ عَصَبٍ  

tirmidhi:1729Muḥammad

"A letter came from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: 'Do not use the skins of dead animals, nor tendons.'"  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan. This Hadith has been related to 'Abdullah bin 'Ukaim from some Shuyukh of his, and this is not acted upon according to most of the people of knowledge. And this Hadith has been related from 'Abdullah bin 'Ukaim, that he said: "A letter came to us from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ two months before he died." He said: I heart Ahmad bin Al-Hasan saying: "Ahmad bin Hanbal followed this Hadith due to it mentioning that it was two months before he ﷺ died. Then Ahmad left this Hadith because of their Idtirab in its chain, since some of them reported it, saying: 'From 'Abdullah bin 'Ukaim from some Shuyukh of his from Juhainah.'"
الترمذي:١٧٢٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَرِيفٍ الْكُوفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ وَالشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُكَيْمٍ قَالَ

أَتَانَا كِتَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ لاَ تَنْتَفِعُوا مِنَ الْمَيْتَةِ بِإِهَابٍ وَلاَ عَصَبٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ وَيُرْوَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُكَيْمٍ عَنْ أَشْيَاخٍ لَهُمْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ وَلَيْسَ الْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَكْثَرِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُكَيْمٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَتَانَا كِتَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَبْلَ وَفَاتِهِ بِشَهْرَيْنِ قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُ أَحْمَدَ بْنَ الْحَسَنِ يَقُولُ كَانَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ يَذْهَبُ إِلَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ لِمَا ذُكِرَ فِيهِ قَبْلَ وَفَاتِهِ بِشَهْرَيْنِ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ كَانَ هَذَا آخِرَ أَمْرِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ تَرَكَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ لَمَّا اضْطَرَبُوا فِي إِسْنَادِهِ حَيْثُ رَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ فَقَالَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُكَيْمٍ عَنْ أَشْيَاخٍ لَهُمْ مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ
ibnmajah:3613[Chain 1] Abū Bakr > Jarīr > Manṣūr [Chain 2] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAlī b. Mushir > al-Shaybānī [Chain 3] Abū Bakr > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUkaym

“There came to us a letter from the Prophet ﷺ (saying): ‘No not make use of the untanned skin and sinew of dead animals.’”  

ابن ماجة:٣٦١٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ كُلُّهُمْ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُكَيْمٍ قَالَ

أَتَانَا كِتَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنْ لاَ تَنْتَفِعُوا مِنَ الْمَيْتَةِ بِإِهَابٍ وَلاَ عَصَبٍ  

ahmad:18780Wakīʿ And Ibn Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > Ibn Jaʿfar > Ibn Abū Laylá > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUkaym al-Juhanī

“There came to us a letter from the Prophet ﷺ (saying): ‘No not make use of the untanned skin and sinew of dead animals.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3613)   

أحمد:١٨٧٨٠حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ وَابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَالَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُكَيْمٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ قَالَ

أَتَانَا كِتَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺوَنَحْنُ بِأَرْضِ جُهَيْنَةَ وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ شَابٌّ أَنْ لَا تَنْتَفِعُوا مِنَ الْمَيْتَةِ بِإِهَابٍ وَلَا عَصَبٍ  

ahmad:18782ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Thaqafī > Khālid > al-Ḥakam > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUkaym

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) wrote to us a month before his death, advising that we should not benefit from dead animals by means of idolatry or superstitious beliefs.  

أحمد:١٨٧٨٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ الثَّقَفِيُّ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُكَيْمٍ قَالَ

كَتَبَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَبْلَوَفَاتِهِ بِشَهْرٍ أَنْ لَا تَنْتَفِعُوا مِنَ الْمَيْتَةِ بِإِهَابٍ وَلَا عَصَبٍ  

ahmad:18785Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibn Abū Laylá > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUkaym

The letter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was read out to us in the territory of Juhaynah when I was a young boy: Do not make use of the skin or sinew of an animal which died a natural death. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4127)  

أحمد:١٨٧٨٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي لَيْلَى يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُكَيْمٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ قُرِئَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي أَرْضِ جُهَيْنَةَ وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ شَابٌّ أَنْ لَا تَسْتَمْتِعُوا مِنَ الْمَيْتَةِ بِإِهَابٍ وَلَا عَصَبٍ  

ibnhibban:1277ʿAbd al-Kabīr b. ʿUmar al-Khaṭṭābī Bi-al-Baṣrah Bikhabar Gharīb > Bishr b. ʿAlī al-Karmānī > Ḥassān b. Ibrāhīm > Abān b. Taghlib > al-Ḥakam > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUkaym

"The Messenger of Allah wrote to us: 'Do not make use of the skins and sinew of dead animals."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4250)   

ابن حبّان:١٢٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْكَبِيرِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْخَطَّابِيُّ بِالْبَصْرَةِ بِخَبَرٍ غَرِيبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْكَرْمَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَسَّانُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ بْنُ تَغْلِبَ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُكَيْمٍ قَالَ

كَتَبَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِشَهْرٍ «أَنْ لَا تَنْتَفِعُوا مِنَ الْمَيْتَةِ بِإِهَابٍ وَلَا عَصَبٍ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُكَيْمٍ شَهِدَ قِرَاءَةَ كِتَابِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ بِأَرْضِ جُهَيْنَةَ

ibnhibban:1278ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUkaym al-Juhanī

The letter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was read out to us in the territory of Juhaynah when I was a young boy: Do not make use of the skin or sinew of an animal which died a natural death. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4127)   

ابن حبّان:١٢٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَكَمُ * قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ أَبِي لَيْلَى يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُكَيْمٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ قَالَ

قُرِئَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ بِأَرْضِ جُهَيْنَةَ «أَنْ لَا تَنْتَفِعُوا مِنَ الْمَيْتَةِ بِإِهَابٍ وَلَا عَصَبٍ»  

nasai-kubra:4561Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Bishr / Ibn al-Mufaḍḍal > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibn Abū Laylá > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUkaym

The letter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was read out to us in the territory of Juhaynah when I was a young boy: Do not make use of the skin or sinew of an animal which died a natural death. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4127)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٥٦١أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُفَضَّلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُكَيْمٍ قَالَ

قُرِئَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَرْضِ جُهَيْنَةَ وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ شَابٌّ «أَنْ لَا تَنْتَفِعُوا مِنَ الْمَيْتَةِ بِشَيْءٍ بِإِهَابٍ وَلَا عَصْبٍ»  

bayhaqi:42Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUkaym

The letter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was read out to us in the territory of Juhaynah when I was a young boy: Do not make use of the skin or sinew of an animal which died a natural death. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4127)   

البيهقي:٤٢وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُكَيْمٍ قَالَ

قُرِئَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِأَرْضِ جُهَيْنَةَ وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ شَابٌّ أَنْ لَا تَسْتَمْتِعُوا مِنَ الْمَيْتَةِ بِإِهَابٍ وَلَا عَصَبٍ