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ahmad:21969 – ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar al-Warakānī Ḥaddathanāsharīk > Simāk > Qabīṣah b. Hulb from his father

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "I asked him about the food of the Christians, and he said: Do not make it impure or weave it in your chest. Do not eat food that makes you sick with Christianity." And he said: "He used to turn away from his left and right sides, and he would place one hand on the other."  

أحمد:٢١٩٦٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْوَرَكَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَاشَرِيكٌ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ هُلْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ طَعَامِ النَّصَارَى فَقَالَ لَا يَخْتَلِجَنَّ أَوْ لَا يَحِيكَنَّ فِي صَدْرِكَ طَعَامٌ ضَارَعْتَ فِيهِ النَّصْرَانِيَّةَ وَقَالَ وَكَانَ يَنْصَرِفُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ وَعَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَيَضَعُ إِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى  

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tirmidhi:1565a – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Dāwud al-Ṭayālisī > Shuʿbah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Qabīṣah b. Hulb from his father

From his father, who said: "I asked the Prophet ﷺ about the food of the Christians. He ﷺ said: 'Do not allow food to put uneasiness in your chest similar to the doubts of Christianity about it."  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan
الترمذي:١٥٦٥a – حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ أَخْبَرَنِي سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَبِيصَةَ بْنَ هُلْبٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ طَعَامِ النَّصَارَى فَقَالَ لاَ يَتَخَلَّجَنَّ فِي صَدْرِكَ طَعَامٌ ضَارَعْتَ فِيهِ النَّصْرَانِيَّةَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ
ibnmajah:2830 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Qabīṣah b. Hulb from his father

“I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the food of the Christians and he said: ‘Do not have any doubt about food, (thereby) following the way of the Christians in that.’”  

ابن ماجة:٢٨٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ هُلْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ طَعَامِ النَّصَارَى فَقَالَ لاَ يَخْتَلِجَنَّ فِي صَدْرِكَ طَعَامٌ ضَارَعْتَ فِيهِ نَصْرَانِيَّةً  

ahmad:21966 – Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Qabīṣah b. Hulb from his father

“I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the food of the Christians and he said: ‘Do not have any doubt about food, (thereby) following the way of the Christians in that.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2830)  

أحمد:٢١٩٦٦ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ هُلْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ طَعَامِ النَّصَارَى فَقَالَ لَا يَخْتَلِجَنَّ فِي صَدْرِكَ طَعَامٌ ضَارَعْتَ فِيهِ النَّصْرَانِيَّةَ  

ahmad:21971 – ʿAbdullāh > Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá b. Ṣubayḥ > Sharīk > Simāk > Qabīṣah b. al-Hulb from his father

[Machine] I asked the Prophet ﷺ about the food of the Christians, and he said, "Do not let their food enter your stomach, as you have distanced Christianity with it." He said, "I saw him placing one hand on the other." He said, "And I saw him turning away from his right side and sometimes from his left side."  

أحمد:٢١٩٧١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ صُبَيْحٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ الْهُلْبِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ طَعَامِ النَّصَارَى فَقَالَ لَا يَحِيكَنَّ فِي صَدْرِكَ طَعَامٌ ضَارَعْتَ فِيهِ النَّصْرَانِيَّةَ قَالَ وَرَأَيْتُهُ يَضَعُ إِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَىقَالَ وَرَأَيْتُهُ يَنْصَرِفُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَمَرَّةً عَنْ شِمَالِهِ  

tabarani:18720 – Maḥmūd b. Muḥammad al-Wāsiṭī > Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá > Sharīk > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Qabīṣah b. Hulb from his father

[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the food of the Christians, and he said, "Do not let the food of the Christians be cooked in your chest." He then placed one hand on top of the other.  

الطبراني:١٨٧٢٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ هُلْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ طَعَامِ النَّصَارَى فَقَالَ «لَا يَحِيكَنَّ فِي صَدْرِكَ طَعَامٌ ضَارَعْتَ فِيهِ النَّصْرَانِيَّةَ» قَالَ وَرَأَيْتُهُ يَضَعُ إِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى  

suyuti:596-3b –
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٥٩٦-٣b –

"سَألتُ رسُولَ الله ﷺ عَنْ طَعَامِ النَّصَارى فَقَالَ: لا يَخْتَلِجَنَّ في صَدْرِكَ طَعَام ضَارَعْتَ فِيهِ نَصْرَانِيَّةً".  

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