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ahmad:20877Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Abū Thawr b. ʿIkrimahaʿan from his grandfather / Jābir b. Samurah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about performing ablution after eating the flesh of the camel. He replied: Perform ablution, after eating it. He was asked about performing ablution after eating meat. He replied: Do not perform ablution after eating it. He was asked about saying prayer in places where the camels lie down. He replied: Do not offer prayer in places where the camels lie down. These are the places of Satan. He was asked about saying prayer in the sheepfolds. He replied: You may offer prayer in such places; these are the places of blessing. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 184)   

أحمد:٢٠٨٧٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي ثَوْرِ بْنِ عِكْرِمَةَعَنْ جَدِّهِ وَهُوَ جَابِرُ بْنُ سَمُرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فِي مَبَارِكِ الْإِبِلِ؟ فَقَالَ لَا تُصَلِّ وَسُئِلَ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فِي مَرَابِضِ الْغَنَمِ؟ فَقَالَ صَلِّ وَسُئِلَ عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ مِنْ لُحُومِ الْإِبِلِ فَقَالَ يُتَوَضَّأْ مِنْهُ وَسُئِلَ عَنْ لُحُومِ الْغَنَمِ فَقَالَ إِنْ شِئْتَ تَوَضَّأْ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ لَا تَوَضَّأْ  


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muslim:360aAbū Kāmil Fuḍayl b. Ḥusayn al-Jaḥdarī > Abū ʿAwānah > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Mawhab > Jaʿfar b. Abū Thawr > Jābir b. Samurah

A man asked the Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) whether he should perform ablution after (eating) mutton. He (the Messenger of Allah) said: Perform ablution it you so desire, and if you do not wish, do not perform it. He (again) asked: Should I perform ablution (after eating) camel's flesh? He said: Yes, perform ablution (after eating) camel's flesh. He (again) said: May I say prayer in the sheepfolds? He (the Messenger of Allah) said: Yes. He (the narrator) again said: May I say prayer where camels lie down? He (the Holy Prophet) said: No.  

مسلم:٣٦٠aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ فُضَيْلُ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَوْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَأَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْ لُحُومِ الْغَنَمِ قَالَ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَتَوَضَّأْ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَلاَ تَوَضَّأْ قَالَ أَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْ لُحُومِ الإِبِلِ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَتَوَضَّأْ مِنْ لُحُومِ الإِبِلِ قَالَ أُصَلِّي فِي مَرَابِضِ الْغَنَمِ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ أُصَلِّي فِي مَبَارِكِ الإِبِلِ قَالَ لاَ  

abudawud:184ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbdullāh al-Rāzī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about performing ablution after eating the flesh of the camel. He replied: Perform ablution, after eating it. He was asked about performing ablution after eating meat. He replied: Do not perform ablution after eating it. He was asked about saying prayer in places where the camels lie down. He replied: Do not offer prayer in places where the camels lie down. These are the places of Satan. He was asked about saying prayer in the sheepfolds. He replied: You may offer prayer in such places; these are the places of blessing.  

أبو داود:١٨٤حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الرَّازِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ مِنْ لُحُومِ الإِبِلِ فَقَالَ تَوَضَّئُوا مِنْهَا وَسُئِلَ عَنْ لُحُومِ الْغَنَمِ فَقَالَ لاَ تَتَوَضَّئُوا مِنْهَا وَسُئِلَ عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ فِي مَبَارِكِ الإِبِلِ فَقَالَ لاَ تُصَلُّوا فِي مَبَارِكِ الإِبِلِ فَإِنَّهَا مِنَ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَسُئِلَ عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ فِي مَرَابِضِ الْغَنَمِ فَقَالَ صَلُّوا فِيهَا فَإِنَّهَا بَرَكَةٌ  

abudawud:493ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbdullāh al-Rāzī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) was asked about saying prayer at places where the camels kneel down. He replied; Do not say prayer at places where the camels kneel down because they are the places of devils. And he was asked about saying prayer in the fold of sheep. He replied: pray there because they are the places of blessing.  

أبو داود:٤٩٣حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الرَّازِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ فِي مَبَارِكِ الإِبِلِ فَقَالَ لاَ تُصَلُّوا فِي مَبَارِكِ الإِبِلِ فَإِنَّهَا مِنَ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَسُئِلَ عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ فِي مَرَابِضِ الْغَنَمِ فَقَالَ صَلُّوا فِيهَا فَإِنَّهَا بَرَكَةٌ  

ahmad:19096ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > al-Ḥajjāj b. Arṭaʾah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá from his father > Usayd b. Ḥuḍayr

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Perform ablution from the meat of the camel and do not perform ablution from the meat of the sheep. Pray in the enclosures of the sheep and do not pray in the sanctified areas of the camels."  

أحمد:١٩٠٩٦حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَأَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بن عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أُسَيْدِ بْنِ حُضَيْرٍ قَالَ

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ تَوَضَّئُوامِنْ لُحُومِ الْإِبِلِ وَلَا تَوَضَّئُوا مِنْ لُحُومِ الْغَنَمِ وَصَلُّوا فِي مَرَابِضِ الْغَنَمِ وَلَا تُصَلُّوا فِي مَبَارِكِ الْإِبِلِ  

ahmad:18538Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about performing ablution after eating the flesh of the camel. He replied: Perform ablution, after eating it. He was asked about performing ablution after eating meat. He replied: Do not perform ablution after eating it. He was asked about saying prayer in places where the camels lie down. He replied: Do not offer prayer in places where the camels lie down. These are the places of Satan. He was asked about saying prayer in the sheepfolds. He replied: You may offer prayer in such places; these are the places of blessing. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 184)   

أحمد:١٨٥٣٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ مِنْ لُحُومِ إِبِلٍ فَقَالَ تَوَضَّئُوا مِنْهَا قَالَ وَسُئِلَ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فِي مَبَارِكِ الْإِبِلِ فَقَالَ لَا تُصَلُّوا فِيهَا فَإِنَّهَا مِنَالشَّيَاطِينِ وَسُئِلَ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فِي مَرَابِضِ الْغَنَمِ فَقَالَ صَلُّوا فِيهَا فَإِنَّهَا بَرَكَةٌ  

ahmad:20955ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr Khallād b. Aslam > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl > Shuʿbah > Simāk > Abū Thawr b. ʿIkrimah b. Jābir b. Samurah > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was asked about praying in the sheepfold, so he allowed it. He was then asked about praying in the camel's resting place, so he forbade it. He was asked about performing ablution with the meat of a camel, so he said, "Perform ablution." He was asked about performing ablution with the meat of a sheep, so he said, "If you wish, then perform ablution; and if you wish, then do not."  

أحمد:٢٠٩٥٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ خَلَّادُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا ثَوْرِ بْنَ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنِ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فِي مَباءَةِ الْغَنَمِ فَرَخَّصَ وَسُئِلَ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فِي مَباءَةِ الْإِبِلِ فَنَهَى عَنْهُ وَسُئِلَ عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ مِنْ لُحُومِ الْإِبِلِ فَقَالَ تَوَضَّئُوا وَسُئِلَ عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ مِنْ لُحُومِ الْغَنَمِ فَقَالَ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَتَوَضَّأْ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَلَا  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ أَوْهَمَ غَيْرَ الْمُتَبَحِّرِ فِي صِنَاعَةِ الْحَدِيثِ أَنَّ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ مَعْلُولٌ

ibnhibban:1126ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl > Shuʿbah > Simāk > Abū Thawr b. ʿIkrimah b. Jābir b. Samurah > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] Vol. 1, Book 4, Hadith 192

On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ it is narrated that he was asked about praying in the sleeping places of sheep, so he permitted it. He was asked about praying in the sleeping places of camels, so he forbade it. And he was asked about making ablution with the meat of sheep, so he said, "If you like, make ablution with it, and if you prefer, then do not."  

ابن حبّان:١١٢٦أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا ثَوْرِ بْنَ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنِ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فِي مَبَاتِ الْغَنَمِ فَرَخَّصَ فِيهَا وَسُئِلَ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فِي مَبَاتِ الْإِبِلِ فَنَهَى عَنْهَا وَسُئِلَ عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ مِنْ لُحُومِ الْغَنَمِ فَقَالَ «إِنْ شِئْتَ فَتَوَضَّأْ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَلَا تَتَوَضَّأْ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْأَمْرَ بِالْوُضُوءِ مِمَّا مَسَّتِ النَّارُ مَنْسُوخٌ خَلَا لَحْمِ الْإِبِلِ وَحْدَهَا

ibnhibban:1154Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Bishr b. Muʿādh al-ʿAqadī > Abū ʿAwānah > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Mawhab > Jaʿfar b. Abū Thawr > Jābir b. Samurah

A man asked the Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) whether he should perform ablution after (eating) mutton. He (the Messenger of Allah) said: Perform ablution it you so desire, and if you do not wish, do not perform it. He (again) asked: Should I perform ablution (after eating) camel's flesh? He said: Yes, perform ablution (after eating) camel's flesh. He (again) said: May I say prayer in the sheepfolds? He (the Messenger of Allah) said: Yes. He (the narrator) again said: May I say prayer where camels lie down? He (the Holy Prophet) said: No. (Using translation from Muslim 360a)  

ابن حبّان:١١٥٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَوْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْ لُحُومِ الْغَنَمِ؟ قَالَ «إِنْ شِئْتَ فَتَوَضَّأْ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَلَا تَتَوَضَّأْ» قَالَ أَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْ لُحُومِ الْإِبِلِ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ تَوَضَّأْ مِنْ لُحُومِ الْإِبِلِ» قَالَ أُصَلِّي فِي مَرَابِضِ الْغَنَمِ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قَالَ أُصَلِّي فِي مَبَارِكِ الْإِبِلِ؟ قَالَ «لَا»  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ الْأَمْرَ بِالْوُضُوءِ مِنْ لُحُومِ الْإِبِلِ هُوَ الْمُسْتَثْنَى، مِمَّا أُبِيحَ مِنْ تَرْكِ الْوُضُوءِ، مِمَّا مَسَّتِ النَّارُ

ibnhibban:1156Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Bishr b. Muʿādh al-ʿAqadī > Abū ʿAwānah > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Mawhab > Jaʿfar b. Abū Thawr > Jābir b. Samurah

A man asked the Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) whether he should perform ablution after (eating) mutton. He (the Messenger of Allah) said: Perform ablution it you so desire, and if you do not wish, do not perform it. He (again) asked: Should I perform ablution (after eating) camel's flesh? He said: Yes, perform ablution (after eating) camel's flesh. He (again) said: May I say prayer in the sheepfolds? He (the Messenger of Allah) said: Yes. He (the narrator) again said: May I say prayer where camels lie down? He (the Holy Prophet) said: No. (Using translation from Muslim 360a)  

ابن حبّان:١١٥٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَوْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْ لُحُومِ الْغَنَمِ؟ قَالَ «إِنْ شِئْتَ فَتَوَضَّأْ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَلَا تَتَوَضَّأْ» قَالَ أَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْ لُحُومِ الْإِبِلِ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ تَوَضَّأْ مِنْ لُحُومِ الْإِبِلِ» قَالَ أُصَلِّي فِي مَرَابِضِ الْغَنَمِ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قَالَ أُصَلِّي فِي مَبَارِكِ الْإِبِلِ؟ قَالَ «لَا»  

tabarani:1866[Chain 1] Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad [Chain 2] Ṭālib b. Qurrah al-Adhanī > Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá al-Ṭabbāʿ [Chain 3] Abū Ḥuṣayn al-Qāḍī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > Abū ʿAwānah > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Mawhab > Jaʿfar b. Abū Thawr > Jābir

[Machine] I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he was asked, "Did you perform ablution from camel meat?" He replied, "Yes, perform ablution from camel meat." They asked, "Can we pray in the places where the camels are slaughtered?" He said, "No." They asked, "Did you perform ablution from sheep meat?" He said, "If you wish, then perform ablution, and if you wish, then do not perform ablution." They asked, "Can we pray in the places where the sheep are slaughtered?" He said, "Yes."  

الطبراني:١٨٦٦حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا طَالِبُ بْنُ قُرَّةَ الْأَذَنِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى الطَّبَّاعُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حُصَيْنٍ الْقَاضِي ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَوْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَسُئِلَ أَنَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْ لُحُومِ الْإِبِلِ؟ فَقَالَ «نَعَمْ فَتَوَضَّئُوا مِنْ لُحُومِ الْإِبِلِ» فَقَالُوا أَنُصَلِّي فِي مَبَارِكِ الْإِبِلِ؟ قَالَ «لَا» قَالُوا أَنَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْ لُحُومِ الْغَنَمِ؟ قَالَ «إِنْ شِئْتَ فَتَوَضَّأْ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَلَا تَوَضَّأْ» قَالُوا أَنُصَلِّي فِي مَرَابِضِ الْغَنَمِ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ»