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ahmad:20810Sulaymān b. Dāwud > Sharīk > Simāk

I said to Jabir in Samrah, "Have you sat with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him?" Jabir said, "Yes, and he would observe silence for long periods of time and seldom laugh. His companions would mention poetry in his presence and some of their affairs. They would laugh and smile at times."  

أحمد:٢٠٨١٠حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِجَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ أَكُنْتَ تُجَالِسُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَكَانَ طَوِيلَ الصَّمْتِ قَلِيلَ الضَّحِكِ وَكَانَ أَصْحَابُهُ يَذْكُرُونَ عِنْدَهُ الشِّعْرَ وَأَشْيَاءَ مِنْ أُمُورِهِمْ فَيَضْحَكُونَ وَرُبَّمَا تَبَسَّمَ  


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Collected by Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī
tabarani:1953Abū Ḥuṣayn al-Qāḍī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > Sharīk > Simāk b. Ḥarb

[Machine] I asked Jabir, "Were you sitting with the Prophet ﷺ?" He replied, "Yes, he used to be silent for long periods of time."  

الطبراني:١٩٥٣وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حُصَيْنٍ الْقَاضِي ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِجَابِرٍ أَكُنْتَ تُجَالِسُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ كَانَ طَوِيلَ الصَّمْتِ»  

tabarani:2017a[Chain 1] ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ al-Sadūsī > ʿĀṣim b. ʿAlī [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdūs b. Kāmil > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Qays b. al-Rabīʿ > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir

[Machine] I said to him, "Were you sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said, "Yes, and he used to be silent for long periods."  

الطبراني:٢٠١٧aحَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ السَّدُوسِيُّ ثنا عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ح وَثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدُوسِ بْنِ كَامِلٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ قَالَا ثنا قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ حَدَّثَنِي سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لَهُ أَكُنْتَ تُجَالِسُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ وَكَانَ طَوِيلَ الصَّمْتِ»  

tabarani:2017b[Chain 1] ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ al-Sadūsī > ʿĀṣim b. ʿAlī [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdūs b. Kāmil > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Qays b. al-Rabīʿ > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir

[Machine] I said to him, "Were you used to sitting with the Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Yes, and he was long in silence."  

الطبراني:٢٠١٧bحَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ السَّدُوسِيُّ ثنا عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ح وَثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدُوسِ بْنِ كَامِلٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ قَالَا ثنا قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ حَدَّثَنِي سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لَهُ أَكُنْتَ تُجَالِسُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ وَكَانَ طَوِيلَ الصَّمْتِ»  

bayhaqi:13339Abū Bakr b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud > Sharīk And Qays > Simāk b. Ḥarb

I said to Jabir in Samrah, "Have you sat with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him?" Jabir said, "Yes, and he would observe silence for long periods of time and seldom laugh. His companions would mention poetry in his presence and some of their affairs. They would laugh and smile at times." (Using translation from Aḥmad 20810)   

البيهقي:١٣٣٣٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ فُورَكٍ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا شَرِيكٌ وَقَيْسٌ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِجَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ أَكُنْتَ تُجَالِسُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ كَانَ طَوِيلَ الصَّمْتِ قَلِيلَ الضَّحِكِ وَكَانَ أَصْحَابُهُ رُبَّمَا تَنَاشَدُوا عِنْدَهُ الشِّعْرَ وَالشَّيْءَ مِنْ أُمُورِهِمْ فَيَضْحَكُونَ وَرُبَّمَا تَبَسَّمَ  

bayhaqi:21117Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān> Abū ʿAmr b. al-Sammāk > Ḥanbal b. Isḥāq > ʿĀṣim b. ʿAlī > Qays b. al-Rabīʿ > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] I asked him, "Did you see the Prophet ﷺ?" He said, "Yes, and he was a man of few words. His companions would recite poetry in front of him and talk about things from the pre-Islamic era, and he would smile with them when they laughed."  

البيهقي:٢١١١٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَبُو عَمْرِو بْنُ السَّمَّاكِ ثنا حَنْبَلُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثنا قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ حَدَّثَنِي سِمَاكٌ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لَهُ رَأَيْتَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَكَانَ طَوِيلَ الصَّمْتِ وَكَانَ أَصْحَابُهُ يَتَنَاشَدُونَ الشِّعْرَ عِنْدَهُ وَيَذْكُرُونَ أَشْيَاءَ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَيَضْحَكُونَ فَيَتَبَسَّمُ مَعَهُمْ إِذَا ضَحِكُوا  

bayhaqi:21118Abū al-Ḥusayn b. al-Faḍl al-Qaṭṭān > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yaʿqūb b. Sufyān > Yaḥyá b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd > Sharīk > Simāk

[Machine] I asked Jabir ibn Samurah, "Did you used to sit with the Prophet ﷺ?" He said, "Yes, and he was often silent and rarely laughed. The companions of the Prophet ﷺ used to exchange poems, and the Prophet ﷺ would smile."  

البيهقي:٢١١١٨وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِجَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ أَكُنْتَ تُجَالِسُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَكَانَ طَوِيلَ الصَّمْتِ قَلِيلَ الضَّحِكِ وَكَانَ أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَتَنَاشَدُونَ الشِّعْرَ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَتَبَسَّمُ