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ahmad:21933 – Bahz > Ḥammād > Saʿīd b. Jumhān > Safīnah

[Machine] A man went astray and Ali made him food. Fatimah said to Ali, "If you call the Prophet, ﷺ , he can eat with us. Let's invite him." So, he came and took hold of my doorpost, and we had broken pieces of clay in a corner of the house. When he saw it, he turned back. Fatimah said to Ali, "Go after him and see what made him turn back." Ali said, "What stopped you, O Prophet of Allah?" He said, "It is not fitting for a prophet to enter a lavishly decorated house."  

أحمد:٢١٩٣٣ – حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُمْهَانَ حَدَّثَنِي سَفِينَةُ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا ضَافَ عَلِيًّا فَصَنَعَ لَهُ طَعَامًا فَقَالَتْفَاطِمَةُ لِعَلِيٍّ لَوْ دَعَوْتَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَكَلَ مَعَنَا فَدَعَوْنَاهُ فَجَاءَ فَأَخَذَ بِعِضَادَتَيِ الْبَابِ وَقَدْ ضَرَبْنَا قِرَامًا فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْبَيْتِ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ رَجَعَ قَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ لِعَلِيٍّ الْحَقْهُ فَانْظُرْ مَا رَجَعَهُ؟ قَالَ مَا رَدَّكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ؟ قَالَ لَيْسَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بَيْتًا مُزَوَّقًا  

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abudawud:3755 – Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād > Saʿīd b. Jumhān > Safīnah Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman > a man Aḍāf ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib Faṣanaʿ Lah Ṭaʿām

Safinah AbuAbdurRahman said that a man prepared food for Ali ibn AbuTalib who was his guest, and Fatimah said: I wish we had invited the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he had eaten with us. They invited him, and when he came he put his hands on the side-ports of the door, but when he saw the figured curtain which had been put at the end of the house, he went away. So Fatimah said to Ali: Follow him and see what turned him back. I (Ali) followed him and asked: What turned you back, Messenger of Allah? He replied: It is not fitting for me or for any Prophet to enter a house which is decorated.  

أبو داود:٣٧٥٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُمْهَانَ عَنْ سَفِينَةَ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَضَافَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَصَنَعَ لَهُ طَعَامًا فَقَالَتْ

فَاطِمَةُ لَوْ دَعَوْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَكَلَ مَعَنَا فَدَعَوْهُ فَجَاءَ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى عِضَادَتَىِ الْبَابِ فَرَأَى الْقِرَامَ قَدْ ضُرِبَ بِهِ فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْبَيْتِ فَرَجَعَ فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ لِعَلِيٍّ الْحَقْهُ فَانْظُرْ مَا رَجَعَهُ فَتَبِعْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا رَدَّكَ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِي أَوْ لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بَيْتًا مُزَوَّقًا  

ibnmajah:3360 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh al-Jazarī > ʿAffān b. Muslim > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Saʿīd b. Jumhān > Safīnah Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman > a man Aḍāf ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib Faṣanaʿ Lah Ṭaʿām

“Why don’t we invite the Prophet ﷺ to eat with us?” So they invited him and he came. He put his hand on the doorpost of the house and saw a thin curtain in the corner of the house, so he went back. Fatimah said to ‘Ali: “Go and catch up with him, and ask him: ‘What made you go back, O Messenger of Allah?” He said: “I do not enter a well-decorated house.”  

ابن ماجة:٣٣٦٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْجَزَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُمْهَانَ حَدَّثَنَا سَفِينَةُ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَضَافَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَصَنَعَ لَهُ طَعَامًا فَقَالَتْ

فَاطِمَةُ لَوْ دَعَوْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَكَلَ مَعَنَا فَدَعَوْهُ فَجَاءَ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى عِضَادَتَىِ الْبَابِ فَرَأَى قِرَامًا فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْبَيْتِ فَرَجَعَ فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ لِعَلِيٍّ الْحَقْ فَقُلْ لَهُ مَا رَجَعَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِي أَنْ أَدْخُلَ بَيْتًا مُزَوَّقًا  

ahmad:21922 – Abū Kāmil > Ḥammād / Ibn Salamah > Saʿīd b. Jumhān > Safīnah > a man Ḍāf ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib Faṣanaʿūā Lah Ṭaʿām

Safinah AbuAbdurRahman said that a man prepared food for Ali ibn AbuTalib who was his guest, and Fatimah said: I wish we had invited the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he had eaten with us. They invited him, and when he came he put his hands on the side-ports of the door, but when he saw the figured curtain which had been put at the end of the house, he went away. So Fatimah said to Ali: Follow him and see what turned him back. I (Ali) followed him and asked: What turned you back, Messenger of Allah? He replied: It is not fitting for me or for any Prophet to enter a house which is decorated. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3755)   

أحمد:٢١٩٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُمْهَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَفِينَةَ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ رَجُلًا ضَافَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَصَنَعُوا لَهُ طَعَامًا فَقَالَتْ

فَاطِمَةُ لَوْ دَعْونَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَكَلَ مَعَنَا فَأَرْسَلُوا إِلَيْهِ فَجَاءَ فَأَخَذَ بِعِضَادَتَيِ الْبَابِ فَإِذَا قِرَامٌ قَدْ ضُرِبَ بِهِ فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْبَيْتِ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَجَعَ فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ لِعَلِيٍّ اتْبَعْهُ فَقُلْ لَهُ مَا رَجَعَكَ؟ فَتَبِعَهُ فَقَالَ مَا رَجَعَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِي أَوْ لَيْسَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بَيْتًا مُزَوَّقًا  

tabarani:6446 – Ibrāhīm b. Nāʾilah al-Aṣbahānī > Hudbah b. Khālid > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Saʿīd b. Jumhān > Safīnah > a man Daʿāh ʿAlī Faṣanaʿ Lah Ṭaʿām > Fāṭimah Falaw

[Machine] A man invited Ali and prepared food for him. Fatima said, "If only the Prophet ﷺ was invited, he would have eaten with us." So, a man was sent to the Prophet ﷺ and he came. He grabbed hold of the door handle and saw a flask on the side of the house, so he returned and Fatima asked Ali to follow him and see what made him come back. Ali followed him and asked, "Why did you return, O Messenger of Allah?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "It is not fitting for me to enter a decorated house."  

الطبراني:٦٤٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ نَائِلَةَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُمْهَانَ عَنْ سَفِينَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا دَعَاهُ عَلِيٌّ فَصَنَعَ لَهُ طَعَامًا فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ ؓ فَلَوْ دَعَوْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَكَلَ مَعَنَا فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلًا فَجَاءَ فَأَخَذَ بِعِضَادَتَيِ الْبَابِ فَرَأَى قِرَامًا فِي نَاحِيَتَيِ الْبَيْتِ فَرَجَعَ فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ ؓ لِعَلِيٍّ ؓ اتَّبِعْهُ فَانْظُرْ مَا رَجَعَهُ فَتَبِعَهُ فَقَالَ مَا رَدَّكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «لَيْسَ لِي أَنْ أَدْخَلَ بَيْتًا مُزَوَّقًا»  

bayhaqi:14560 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād > Saʿīd b. Jamhān > Safīnah Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman > a man Ḍāf ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib Faṣanaʿ Lah Ṭaʿām > Fāṭimah

Safinah AbuAbdurRahman said that a man prepared food for Ali ibn AbuTalib who was his guest, and Fatimah said: I wish we had invited the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he had eaten with us. They invited him, and when he came he put his hands on the side-ports of the door, but when he saw the figured curtain which had been put at the end of the house, he went away. So Fatimah said to Ali: Follow him and see what turned him back. I (Ali) followed him and asked: What turned you back, Messenger of Allah? He replied: It is not fitting for me or for any Prophet to enter a house which is decorated. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3755)   

البيهقي:١٤٥٦٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جَمْهَانَ عَنْ سَفِينَةَ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ رَجُلًا ضَافَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ فَصَنَعَ لَهُ طَعَامًا فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ ؓ

لَوْ دَعَوْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَكَلَ مَعَنَا فَدَعَوْهُ فَجَاءَ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى عِضَادَتَيِ الْبَابِ فَرَأَى الْقِرَامَ قَدْ ضُرِبَ مِنْ نَاحِيَةِ الْبَيْتِ فَرَجَعَ فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ لِعَلِيٍّ ؓ الْحَقْهُ فَانْظُرْ مَا رَجَعَهُ فَتَبِعْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا رَدَّكَ؟ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِي أَوْ لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بَيْتًا مُزَوَّقًا