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ahmad:22689Wakīʿ > Mughīrah b. Ziyād > ʿUbādah b. Nusay > al-Aswad b. Thaʿlabah > ʿUbādah b. al-Ṣāmit

"I taught people from Ahtus-Suffah" Qur'an and how to write, and one of them gave me a bow. I said: 'It is not money, and I can shoot (with it) for the sake of Allah., I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about it and he said: 'If it would please you to have a necklace of fire placed around your neck, then accept it.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2157)   

أحمد:٢٢٦٨٩حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُغِيرَةُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ نُسَيٍّ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ قَالَ

عَلَّمْتُ نَاسًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الصُّفَّةِ الْكِتَابَةَ وَالْقُرْآنَ فَأَهْدَى إِلَيَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ قَوْسًا فَقُلْتُ لَيْسَتْ لِي بِمَالٍ وَأَرْمِي عَنْهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَسَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنْ سَرَّكَ أَنْ تُطَوَّقَ بِهَا طَوْقًا مِنْ نَارٍ فَاقْبَلْهَا  


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abudawud:3416Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ Waḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ruʾāsī > Mughīrah b. Ziyād > ʿUbādah b. Nusa > al-Aswad b. Thaʿlabah > ʿUbādah b. al-Ṣāmit

I taught some persons of the people of Suffah writing and the Qur'an. A man of them presented to me a bow. I said: It cannot be reckoned property; may I shoot with it in Allah's path? I must come to the Apostle of of Allah ﷺ and ask him (about it). So I came to him and said : Messenger of Allah ﷺ, one of those whom I have been teaching writing and the Qur'an has presented me a bow, and as it cannot be reckoned property, may I shoot with it in Allah's path? He said: If you want to have a necklace of fire on you, accept it.  

أبو داود:٣٤١٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ وَحُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرُّؤَاسِيُّ عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ نُسَىٍّ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ قَالَ

عَلَّمْتُ نَاسًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الصُّفَّةِ الْكِتَابَ وَالْقُرْآنَ فَأَهْدَى إِلَىَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ قَوْسًا فَقُلْتُ لَيْسَتْ بِمَالٍ وَأَرْمِي عَنْهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ﷻ لآتِيَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلأَسْأَلَنَّهُ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ رَجُلٌ أَهْدَى إِلَىَّ قَوْسًا مِمَّنْ كُنْتُ أُعَلِّمُهُ الْكِتَابَ وَالْقُرْآنَ وَلَيْسَتْ بِمَالٍ وَأَرْمِي عَنْهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنْ كُنْتَ تُحِبُّ أَنْ تُطَوَّقَ طَوْقًا مِنْ نَارٍ فَاقْبَلْهَا  

ibnmajah:2157ʿAlī b. Muḥammad And Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl > Wakīʿ > Mughīrah b. Ziyād al-Mawṣilī > ʿUbādah b. Nusa > al-Aswad b. Thaʿlabah > ʿUbādah b. al-Ṣāmit

"I taught people from Ahtus-Suffah" Qur'an and how to write, and one of them gave me a bow. I said: 'It is not money, and I can shoot (with it) for the sake of Allah., I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about it and he said: 'If it would please you to have a necklace of fire placed around your neck, then accept it.'"  

ابن ماجة:٢١٥٧حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُغِيرَةُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ الْمَوْصِلِيُّ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ نُسَىٍّ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ قَالَ

عَلَّمْتُ نَاسًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الصُّفَّةِ الْقُرْآنَ وَالْكِتَابَةَ فَأَهْدَى إِلَىَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ قَوْسًا فَقُلْتُ لَيْسَتْ بِمَالٍ وَأَرْمِي عَنْهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْهَا فَقَالَ إِنْ سَرَّكَ أَنْ تُطَوَّقَ بِهَا طَوْقًا مِنْ نَارٍ فَاقْبَلْهَا  

hakim:2277ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá al-ʿAdl > Ismāʿīl b. Qutaybah > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ Waḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ruwāsī > Mughīrah b. Ziyādah > ʿUbādah b. Nusay > al-Aswad b. Thaʿlabah > ʿUbādah b. al-Ṣāmit

I taught some persons of the people of Suffah writing and the Qur'an. A man of them presented to me a bow. I said: It cannot be reckoned property; may I shoot with it in Allah's path? I must come to the Apostle of of Allah ﷺ and ask him (about it). So I came to him and said : Messenger of Allah ﷺ, one of those whom I have been teaching writing and the Qur'an has presented me a bow, and as it cannot be reckoned property, may I shoot with it in Allah's path? He said: If you want to have a necklace of fire on you, accept it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3416)  

الحاكم:٢٢٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى الْعَدْلُ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا وَكِيعٌ وَحُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرُّوَاسِيُّ عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ بْنِ زِيَادَةَ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ نُسَيٍّ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ قَالَ

عَلَّمْتُ نَاسًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الصُّفَّةِ الْكِتَابَةَ وَالْقُرْآنَ وَأَهْدَى إِلَيَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ قَوْسًا فَقُلْتُ لَيْسَتْ بِمَالٍ وَأَرْمِي عَلَيْهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لَآتِيَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَأَسْأَلَنَّهُ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ رَجُلٌ أَهْدَى إِلَيَّ قَوْسًا مِمَّنْ كُنْتُ أُعَلِّمُهُ الْكِتَابَةَ وَالْقُرْآنَ وَلَيْسَتْ بِمَالٍ وَأَرْمِي عَلَيْهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ قَالَ «إِنْ كُنْتَ تُحِبُّ أَنْ تُطَوَّقَ طَوْقًا مِنْ نَارٍ فَاقْبَلْهَا»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ مغيرة بن زياد صالح الحديث وقد تركه ابن حبان
bayhaqi:11681Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ Waḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ruwāsī > Mughīrah b. Ziyād > ʿUbādah b. Nusay > al-Aswad b. Thaʿlabah > ʿUbādah b. al-Ṣāmit

I taught some persons of the people of Suffah writing and the Qur'an. A man of them presented to me a bow. I said: It cannot be reckoned property; may I shoot with it in Allah's path? I must come to the Apostle of of Allah ﷺ and ask him (about it). So I came to him and said : Messenger of Allah ﷺ, one of those whom I have been teaching writing and the Qur'an has presented me a bow, and as it cannot be reckoned property, may I shoot with it in Allah's path? He said: If you want to have a necklace of fire on you, accept it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3416)   

البيهقي:١١٦٨١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا وَكِيعٌ وَحُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرُّوَاسِيُّ عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ نُسَيٍّ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ قَالَ

عَلَّمْتُ نَاسًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الصُّفَّةِ الْكِتَابَ وَالْقُرْآنَ فَأَهْدَى إِلِيَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ قَوْسًا فَقُلْتُ لَيْسَتْ بِمَالٍ وَأَرْمِي عَنْهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ ﷻ لَآتِيَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَأَسْأَلَنَّهُ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَهْدَى رَجُلٌ إِلِيَّ قَوْسًا مِمَّنْ كُنْتُ أُعَلِّمُ الْكِتَابَ وَالْقُرْآنَ وَلَيْسَتْ بِمَالٍ وَأَرْمِي عَنْهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ قَالَ إِنْ كُنْتَ تُحِبُّ أَنْ تُطَوَّقَ بِطَوْقٍ مِنْ نَارٍ فَاقْبَلْهَا