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[Machine] He told him about the Prophet ﷺ saying, "It is as if I am looking at him, wearing a black cloak while circumambulating the Kaaba, punctuating it with stones."  

أحمد:٢٠١٠ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَخْنَسِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ أَسْوَدَ أَفْحَجَ يَنْقُضُهَا حَجَرًا حَجَرًا يَعْنِي الْكَعْبَةَ  

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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ وَصْفِ تَخْرِيبِ الْحَبَشَةِ الْكَعْبَةَ

ibnhibban:6752 – Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Akhnas > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "It is as if I am looking at him, with black, curly hair, plucking it out stone by stone, meaning the Kaaba."  

ابن حبّان:٦٧٥٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْأَخْنَسِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ أَسْوَدَ أَفْحَجَ يَقْلَعُهَا حَجَرًا حَجَرًا يَعْنِي الْكَعْبَةَ »  

tabarani:11238 – Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > al-Ḥārith b. ʿUbayd > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Akhnas > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "It is as if I am seeing a black camel being pulled down by stones, stone by stone." It refers to the Kaaba.  

الطبراني:١١٢٣٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْأَخْنَسِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى أَسْوَدَ أَفْحَجَ يَقْلَعُهَا حَجَرًا حَجَرًا» يَعْنِي الْكَعْبَةَ  

bayhaqi:8701 – Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn al-ʿAlawī > Abū Ḥāmid b. al-Sharqī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Bishr > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Akhnas > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] He informed him about the Prophet ﷺ saying, "It is as if I can see a black rugged crow tearing it down stone by stone," referring to the Kaaba.  

البيهقي:٨٧٠١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْعَلَوِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو حَامِدِ بْنُ الشَّرْقِيِّ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ بِشْرٍ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَخْنَسِ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى أَسْوَدَ أَفْحَجَ يَقْلَعُهَا حَجَرًا حَجَرًا يَعْنِي الْكَعْبَةَ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانِ