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ahmad:21022 – Bahz And Surayj > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Indeed, Allah named it Tabah.' Surayj said, 'Yathrib is the city.'"  

أحمد:٢١٠٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ وَسُرَيْجٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ كَانَ النَّاسُ يَقُولُونَ يَثْرِبَ وَالْمَدِينَةَ فَقَالَ

رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ سَمَّاهَا طَابَةَ قَالَ سُرَيْجٌ يَثْرِبُ الْمَدِينَةُ  

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muslim:1385 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd And Hannād b. al-Sarī Waʾabū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

Allah named Medina as Tabba.  

مسلم:١٣٨٥ – وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَهَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى سَمَّى الْمَدِينَةَ طَابَةَ  

ahmad:21049 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Simāk b. Ḥarbqāl > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Indeed, Allah named the city as Ta'ba."  

أحمد:٢١٠٤٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍقَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللهَ سَمَّى الْمَدِينَةَ طَابَةَ  

ahmad:20887 –

[Machine] "And I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Indeed, Allah has named the city as Taba.'"  

أحمد:٢٠٨٨٧ – قَالَ

وَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللهَ سَمَّى الْمَدِينَةَ طَابَةَ  

ahmad:20916 – ʿAbdullāh > Khalaf b. Hishām > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Indeed, Allah named the city as Taba."  

أحمد:٢٠٩١٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللهَ سَمَّى الْمَدِينَةَ طَابَةَ  

tabarani:1970 – [Chain 1] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz And ʾAbū Muslim al-Kashhī > Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. al-ʿAbbās al-Muʾaddib > Surayj b. al-Nuʿmān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir > Kānūā Yaqūlūn al-Madīnah Wyathrib

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah has named it as Taybah."  

الطبراني:١٩٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَأَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ قَالَا ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسٍ الْمُؤَدِّبُ ثنا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ قَالَا ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ كَانُوا يَقُولُونَ الْمَدِينَةُ ويَثْرِبُ فَقَالَ

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