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ahmad:19112Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Abū Yaʿfūr al-ʿAbdī > Ibn Abū Awfá

"We went on seven campaigns with the Messenger of Allah and we used to eat locusts." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4356)  

أحمد:١٩١١٢حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ الْعَبْدِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ

غَزَوْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ فَكُنَّا نَأْكُلُ فِيهَا الْجَرَادَ  


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muslim:1952aAbū Kāmil al-Jaḥdarī > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Yaʿfūr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Awfá

We went on seven expeditions with Messenger of Allah ﷺ and ate locusts.  

مسلم:١٩٥٢aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ

غَزَوْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ نَأْكُلُ الْجَرَادَ  

nasai:4356Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah > Sufyān / Ibn Ḥabīb > Shuʿbah > Abū Yaʿfūr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Awfá

"We went on seven campaigns with the Messenger of Allah and we used to eat locusts."  

النسائي:٤٣٥٦أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ

غَزَوْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ فَكُنَّا نَأْكُلُ الْجَرَادَ  

abudawud:3812Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar al-Namarī > Shuʿbah > Abū Yaʿfūr > Ibn Abū Awfá And Saʾaltuh > al-Jarād

I heard Ibn Abi Awfa say when I asked him about (eating) locusts: I went on six or seven expeditions along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we ate them (locusts) along with him.  

أبو داود:٣٨١٢حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ النَّمَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْجَرَادِ فَقَالَ

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سِتَّ أَوْ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ فَكُنَّا نَأْكُلُهُ مَعَهُ  

tirmidhi:1822Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Aḥmad And al-Muʾammal > Sufyān > Abū Yaʿfūr > Ibn Abū Awfá

That Ibn Abi Awfa said: "We participated in seven military expeditions with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, (and) we ate locust."  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] Shu'bah reported this Hadith from Abu Ya'fur, from Ibn Awfa and said: "We participated in military expeditions with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ (and) we ate locust." This was narrated to us by Muhammad bin Bash-shar (who said): "Muhammad bin Ja'far narrated to us from Shu'bah."
الترمذي:١٨٢٢حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ وَالْمُؤَمَّلُ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ

غَزَوْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ نَأْكُلُ الْجَرَادَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَرَوَى شُعْبَةُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ غَزَوَاتٍ نَأْكُلُ الْجَرَادَ حَدَّثَنَا بِذَلِكَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ بِهَذَا
ahmad:19150Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Yaʿfūr

I heard Ibn Abi Awfa say when I asked him about (eating) locusts: I went on six or seven expeditions along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we ate them (locusts) along with him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3812)   

أحمد:١٩١٥٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ قَالَ سَأَلَ شَرِيكِي وَأَنَا مَعَهُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى عَنِ الْجَرَادِ فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ

وَقَالَ غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ فَكُنَّا نَأْكُلُهُ  

ahmad:19398Sufyān > Abū Yaʿfūr ʿAbdī a freed slave of Lahum > Dhahabt > Ibn Abū Awfá Asʾaluh > al-Jarād

"I asked 'Abdullah bin Abu Awfa about killing locusts and he said: I went on six campaigns with the Messenger of Allah hand we ate locusts." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4357)  

أحمد:١٩٣٩٨حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَعْفُورٍ عَبْدِيٌّ مَوْلًى لَهُمْ قَالَ ذَهَبْتُ إِلَى ابْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْجَرَادِ قَالَ

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سِتَّ غَزَوَاتٍ نَأْكُلُ الْجَرَادَ  

darimi:2053Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Sufyān > Abū Yaʿfūr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Awfá

We went on seven expeditions with Messenger of Allah ﷺ and ate locusts. (Using translation from Muslim 1952a)  

الدارمي:٢٠٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ

«غَزَوْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ نَأْكُلُ الْجَرَادَ»  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ الْجَرَادَ إِذَا لَمْ يَتَقَذَّرْهُ

ibnhibban:5257Abū Khalīfah > Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Shuʿbah > Abū Yaʿfūr > Ibn Abū Awfá

I heard Ibn Abi Awfa say when I asked him about (eating) locusts: I went on six or seven expeditions along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we ate them (locusts) along with him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3812)   

ابن حبّان:٥٢٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ

«غَزَوْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ أَوْ سِتَّ غَزَوَاتٍ شَكَّ شُعْبَةُ فَكُنَّا نَأْكُلُ مَعَهُ الْجَرَادَ»  

nasai-kubra:4849Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah al-Baṣrī > Sufyān / Ibn Ḥabīb > Shuʿbah > Abū Yaʿfūr > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Awfá

"We went on seven campaigns with the Messenger of Allah and we used to eat locusts." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4356)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٨٤٩أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ الْبَصْرِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْفُورَ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ

«غَزَوْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ فَكُنَّا نَأْكُلُ الْجَرَادَ»