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ahmad:20732Ḥaramī b. ʿUmārah > ʿAzrah al-Anṣārī > ʿIlbāʾ b. Aḥmar > Abū Zayd

[Machine] To me, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ approached and I approached him. He said, "Enter your hand and wipe my back." I entered my hand into his shirt and wiped his back. The ring of prophethood fell between my fingers. He was asked about the ring of prophethood, and he said, "There are hairs between his shoulders."  

أحمد:٢٠٧٣٢حَدَّثَنَا حَرَمِيُّ بْنُ عُمَارَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَزْرَةُ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عِلْبَاءُ بْنُ أَحْمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زَيْدٍ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اقْتَرِبْ مِنِّي فَاقْتَرَبْتُ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ أَدْخِلْ يَدَكَ فَامْسَحْ ظَهْرِي قَالَ فَأَدْخَلْتُيَدِي فِي قَمِيصِهِ فَمَسَحْتُ ظَهْرَهُ فَوَقَعَ خَاتَمُ النُّبُوَّةِ بَيْنَ إِصْبَعَيَّ قَالَ فَسُئِلَ عَنْ خَاتَمِ النُّبُوَّةِ فَقَالَ شَعَرَاتٌ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ  


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tabarani:14173ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá Zaḥmawayh al-Wāsiṭī > Ṣāliḥ b. ʿUmar al-Wāsiṭī > ʿAzrah b. Thābit > ʿIlbāʾ b. Aḥmar > Abū Zayd

[Machine] I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he said, "Come closer and wipe my back." So I approached him, wiped his back, and placed the ring of prophethood between my fingers. I asked, "What is the ring of prophethood?" He said, "It is a lock of hair between his shoulders."  

الطبراني:١٤١٧٣حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى زَحْمَوَيْهِ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثَنَا صَالِحُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثَنَا عَزْرَةُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ عِلْبَاءَ بْنِ أَحْمَرَ عَنْ أَبِي زَيْدٍ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «ادْنُ فَامْسَحْ ظَهْرِي» فَدَنَوْتُ فَمَسَحْتُ ظَهْرَهُ وَوُضَعْتُ خَاتَمَ النُّبُوَّةِ بَيْنَ أُصْبُعَيَّ قُلْتُ وَمَا خَاتَمُ النُّبُوَّةِ؟ قَالَ «شَعَرٌ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ»