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ahmad:20800ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > Akhadh Ibn Sīrīn Ghuslah > Um ʿAṭiyyah

[Machine] We washed the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he commanded us to wash her with sidr (a type of plant) three times, if she survives, and if not, then five times, if she survives, and if not, then more than that. She said, so we saw that more than that (seven times).  

أحمد:٢٠٨٠٠حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ أَخَذَ ابْنُ سِيرِينَ غُسْلَهُ عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ قَالَتْ

غَسَّلْنَا ابْنَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَغْسِلَهَا بِالسِّدْرِ ثَلَاثًا فَإِنْ أَنْجَتْ وَإِلَّا فَخَمْسًا فَإِنْ أَنْجَتْ وَإِلَّا فَأَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَتْ فَرَأَيْنَا أَنَّ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ سَبْعٌ  


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نُسَيْبَةُ أُمُّ عَطِيَّةَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّةُ نَزَلَتِ الْبَصْرَةَ مَا أَسْنَدَتْ أُمُّ عَطِيَّةَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ

tabarani:21645Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Raqqī > Muḥammad b. Sinān al-ʿAwaqī > Hammām b. Yaḥyá > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] "We washed the daughter of the Prophet ﷺ , and he ordered us to wash her with sidr (type of plant) three times, if not, then five times, and if not, then more than that, so we saw that more than that is seven times."  

الطبراني:٢١٦٤٥حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ الْعَوَقِيُّ ثنا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ كَانَ أَخَذَ ذَلِكَ عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ قَالَتْ

«غَسَّلْنَا ابْنَةَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَغُسِّلَهَا بِالسِّدْرِ ثَلَاثًا وَإِلَّا فَخَمْسًا وَإِلَّا فَأَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَرَأَيْنَا أَنَّ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ سَبْعًا»