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ahmad:19209 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abū Ḥayyān > al-Ḍaḥḥāk Khāl al-Mundhir b. Jarīr > Mundhir b. Jarīr > Jarīr

“I was with my father in Bawazij and the cows came back in the evening. He saw a cow did not recognize it. He said: 'What is this?' He said: 'A cow that joined the herd.' And he issued orders that it be driven away until it disappeared from view. Then he said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “No one gives refuge to a stray animal but one who is also astray.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2503)  

أحمد:١٩٢٠٩ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الضَّحَّاكُ خَالُ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ مُنْذِرِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي جَرِيرٍ بِالْبَوَازِيجِ فِي السَّوَادِ فَرَاحَتِ الْبَقَرَ فَرَأَى بَقَرَةً أَنْكَرَهَا فَقَالَ مَا هَذِهِ الْبَقَرَةُ؟ قَالَ بَقَرَةٌ لَحِقَتْ بِالْبَقَرِ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَطُرِدَتْ حَتَّى تَوَارَتْ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَا يُؤْوِي الضَّالَّةَ إِلَّا ضَالٌّ  

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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī
ibnmajah:2503 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abū Ḥayyān al-Taymī > al-Ḍaḥḥāk Khāl al-Mundhir b. Jarīr > al-Mundhir b. Jarīr

“I was with my father in Bawazij and the cows came back in the evening. He saw a cow did not recognize it. He said: 'What is this?' He said: 'A cow that joined the herd.' And he issued orders that it be driven away until it disappeared from view. Then he said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “No one gives refuge to a stray animal but one who is also astray.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٥٠٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَيَّانَ التَّيْمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ خَالُ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنِ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي بِالْبَوَازِيجِ فَرَاحَتِ الْبَقَرُ فَرَأَى بَقَرَةً أَنْكَرَهَا فَقَالَ مَا هَذِهِ قَالُوا بَقَرَةٌ لَحِقَتْ بِالْبَقَرِ قَالَ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَطُرِدَتْ حَتَّى تَوَارَتْ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ يُئْوِي الضَّالَّةَ إِلاَّ ضَالٌّ  

tabarani:2377 – Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Shihāb b. ʿAbbād al-ʿAbdī > ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Abū Ḥayyān al-Taymī > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. al-Mundhir > Mundhir b. Jarīr

“I was with my father in Bawazij and the cows came back in the evening. He saw a cow did not recognize it. He said: 'What is this?' He said: 'A cow that joined the herd.' And he issued orders that it be driven away until it disappeared from view. Then he said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “No one gives refuge to a stray animal but one who is also astray.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2503)   

الطبراني:٢٣٧٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا شِهَابُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ التَّيْمِيِّ ثنا الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ مُنْذِرِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي بِالْبَوَارِيجِ فَرَاحَتِ الْبَقَرُ فَرَأَى بَقَرَةً أَنْكَرَهَا فَقَالَ لِلرَّاعِي مَا هَذِهِ قَالُوا هَذِهِ بَقَرَةٌ لَحِقِتْ بِالْبَقَرِ لَا يُدْرَى لِمَنْ هِي فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَطُرِدَتْ حَتَّى تَوَارَتْ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا يُؤْوِي الضَّالَّةَ إِلَّا ضَالٌّ»  

bayhaqi:12069 – Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Muqriʾ > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb al-Qāḍī > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abū Ḥayyān al-Taymī > al-Ḍaḥḥāk Khāl al-Mundhir b. Jarīr > al-Mundhir b. Jarīr

“I was with my father in Bawazij and the cows came back in the evening. He saw a cow did not recognize it. He said: 'What is this?' He said: 'A cow that joined the herd.' And he issued orders that it be driven away until it disappeared from view. Then he said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “No one gives refuge to a stray animal but one who is also astray.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2503)   

البيهقي:١٢٠٦٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْقَاضِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ التَّيْمِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي الضَّحَّاكُ خَالُ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنِ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي بِالْبَوَازِيجِ بِالسَّوَادِ فَرَاحَتِ الْبَقَرُ فَرَأَى بَقَرَةً أَنْكَرَهَا فَقَالَ مَا هَذِهِ الْبَقَرَةُ؟ قَالُوا بَقَرَةٌ لَحِقَتْ بِالْبَقَرِ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَطُرِدَتْ حَتَّى تَوَارَتْ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَا يَأْوِي الضَّالَّةَ إِلَّا ضَالٌّ