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ahmad:19759Sulaymān b. Dāwud > Abū ʿAwānah > Qatādah > Abū Burdah

[Machine] O my son, if you had seen us while we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and it started raining, you would have noticed the scent of sheep from us.  

أحمد:١٩٧٥٩حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي أَبُو مُوسَى يَا بُنَيَّ لَوْ رَأَيْتَنَا وَنَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَصَابَنَا الْمَطَرُ وَجَدْتَ مِنَّا رِيحَ الضَّأْنِ  


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abudawud:4033ʿAmr b. ʿAwn > Abū ʿAwānah > Qatādah > Abū Burdah

My father said to me: My son, if you had seen us while we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the rain had fallen on us, you would have thought that our smell was the smell of the sheep.  

أبو داود:٤٠٣٣حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي أَبِي يَا بُنَىَّ لَوْ رَأَيْتَنَا وَنَحْنُ مَعَ نَبِيِّنَا ﷺ وَقَدْ أَصَابَتْنَا السَّمَاءُ حَسِبْتَ أَنَّ رِيحَنَا رِيحُ الضَّأْنِ  

tirmidhi:2479Qutaybah > Abū ʿAwānah > Qatādah > Abū Burdah b. Abū Mūsá from his father

"O my son! If you saw us when we were with the Prophet ﷺ and the sky poured upon us, you would think that our smell was the smell of sheep." The meaning of this Hadith is that their garments were of wool, so when the rain fell upon them, the smell coming from their clothes was that of sheep.  

الترمذي:٢٤٧٩حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

يَا بُنَىَّ لَوْ رَأَيْتَنَا وَنَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَصَابَتْنَا السَّمَاءُ لَحَسِبْتَ أَنَّ رِيحَنَا رِيحُ الضَّأْنِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ وَمَعْنَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَنَّهُ كَانَ ثِيَابَهُمُ الصُّوفُ فَكَانَ إِذَا أَصَابَهُمُ الْمَطَرُ يَجِيءُ مِنْ ثِيَابِهِمْ رِيحُ الضَّأْنِ
ahmad:19652Ḥasan b. Mūsá > Abū Hilāl > Qatādah > Abū Burdah

[Machine] Abu Musa, my son, how wonderful it would be if you could see us with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and our scent is the scent of sheep.  

أحمد:١٩٦٥٢حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِلَالٍ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

أَبُو مُوسَى يَا بُنَيَّ كَيْفَ لَوْ رَأَيْتَنَا وَنَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَرِيحُنَا رِيحُ الضَّأْنِ