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ahmad:22550ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Ghaylān b. Jarīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Maʿbad > Abū Qatādah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about fasting on Monday. He replied, "On this day, I was born and on this day, revelation was sent down to me."  

أحمد:٢٢٥٥٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ غَيْلَانَ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ صَوْمِ يَوْمِ الْإِثْنَيْنِ؟ فَقَالَ فِيهِ وُلِدْتُ وَفِيهِ أُنْزِلَ عَلَيَّ  


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muslim:1162eZuhayr b. Ḥarb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Mahdī b. Maymūn > Ghaylān > ʿAbdullāh b. Maʿbad al-Zimmānī from my father

It is (the day) when I was born and revelation was sent down to me.  

مسلم:١١٦٢eوَحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا مَهْدِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ غَيْلاَنَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ الزِّمَّانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ صَوْمِ الاِثْنَيْنِ فَقَالَ فِيهِ وُلِدْتُ وَفِيهِ أُنْزِلَ عَلَىَّ  

nasai-kubra:2790ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Mahdī b. Maymūn > Ghaylān b. Jarīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Maʿbad al-Zimmānī > Abū Qatādah

[Machine] That the messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about fasting on Mondays. He said, "It is the day I was born and the day I received revelation."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٧٩٠أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَهْدِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ غَيْلَانَ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ الزِّمَّانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ صَوْمِ يَوْمِ الِاثْنَيْنِ قَالَ «هُوَ يَوْمٌ وُلِدْتُ فِيهِ وَيَوْمٌ أُنْزِلَ عَلَيَّ فِيهِ»