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ahmad:23356 – ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > Muslim b. Nudhayr > Ḥudhayfah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of the muscle of his leg or the muscle of his calf and said, "The izaar (lower garment) should be up to here. If you refuse, then it should be up to here. And if you refuse, then it should be up to here. And if you refuse, then there is no right for the izaar regarding the calves, or there is no right for the calves regarding the izaar."  

أحمد:٢٣٣٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُسْلِمَ بْنَ نُذَيْرٍ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ

أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَضَلَةِ سَاقِي أَوْ بِعَضَلَةِ سَاقِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ الْإِزَارُ هَاهُنَا فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَهَاهُنَا فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَهَاهُنَا فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَلَا حَقَّ لِلْإِزَارِ فِي الْكَعْبَيْنِ أَوْ لَا حَقَّ لِلْكَعْبَيْنِ فِي الْإِزَارِ  

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Collected by Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
tirmidhi:1783 – Qutaybah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Abū Isḥāq > Muslim b. Nadhīr > Ḥudhayfah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of the calf of my shin - or his shin - and he said: "This is the place of the Izar, if you must lower it, then the Izar has no right to be on the ankles."  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. Ath-Thawri and Shu'bah reported it from Abu Ishaq.
الترمذي:١٧٨٣ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ نَذِيرٍ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ

أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِعَضَلَةِ سَاقِي أَوْ سَاقِهِ فَقَالَ هَذَا مَوْضِعُ الإِزَارِ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَأَسْفَلُ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَلاَ حَقَّ لِلإِزَارِ فِي الْكَعْبَيْنِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ رَوَاهُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَشُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ
ahmad:23378 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > Muslim b. Nudhayr > Ḥudhayfah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ took hold of a muscle of his leg or a muscle of his calf and said, "The right of the Izar (lower garment) is here. If you wish, I will take it here. If you wish, I will not take it, but then there will be no right for the Izar over the calves or no right for the calves over the Izar."  

أحمد:٢٣٣٧٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْمُسْلِمِ بْنِ نُذَيْرٍ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ

أَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِعَضَلَةِ سَاقِي أَوْ بِعَضَلَةِ سَاقِهِ فَقَالَ حَقُّ الْإِزَارِ هَا هُنَا فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَهَا هُنَا فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَلَا حَقَّ لِلْإِزَارِ فِي الْكَعْبَيْنِ أَوْ لَا حَقَّ لِلْكَعْبَيْنِ فِي الْإِزَارِ  

ahmad:23402 – Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > Muslim b. Nudhayr > Ḥudhayfah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of the calf of my shin - or his shin - and he said: "This is the place of the Izar, if you must lower it, then the Izar has no right to be on the ankles." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1783)  

أحمد:٢٣٤٠٢ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ نُذَيْرٍ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ

أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَضَلَةِ سَاقِي فَقَالَ هَذَا مَوْضِعُ الْإِزَارِ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَأَسْفَلُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَلَا حَقَّ لِلْإِزَارِ فِي الْكَعْبَيْنِ  

ahmad:23243 – Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > Muslim b. Nudhayr

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of the calf of my shin - or his shin - and he said: "This is the place of the Izar, if you must lower it, then the Izar has no right to be on the ankles." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1783)   

أحمد:٢٣٢٤٣ – حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ نُذَيْرٍ

عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَضَلَةِ سَاقِي أَوْ سَاقِهِ قَالَ هَذَا مَوْضِعُ الْإِزَارِ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَأَسْفَلُ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَلَا حَقَّ لِلْإِزَارِ فِيمَا دُونَ الْكَعْبَيْنِ  

ibnhibban:5445 – Abū Khalīfah > Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > Muslim b. Nadhīr > Ḥudhayfah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of the calf of my shin - or his shin - and he said: "This is the place of the Izar, if you must lower it, then the Izar has no right to be on the ankles." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1783)   

ابن حبّان:٥٤٤٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ نَذِيرٍ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ

أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِعَضَلَةِ سَاقِي فَقَالَ «هَاهُنَا مَوْضِعُ الْإِزَارِ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَهَاهُنَا وَلَا حَقَّ لِلْإِزَارِ فِي الْكَعْبَيْنِ»  

ibnhibban:5449 – Abū Khalīfah > Muḥammad b. Kathīr al-ʿAbdī > Sufyān al-Thawrī > Abū Isḥāq > Muslim b. Nadhīr > Ḥudhayfah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of the calf of my shin - or his shin - and he said: "This is the place of the Izar, if you must lower it, then the Izar has no right to be on the ankles." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1783)   

ابن حبّان:٥٤٤٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ نَذِيرٍ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ

أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِعَضَلَةِ سَاقِي فَقَالَ «هَاهُنَا مَوْضِعُ الْإِزَارِ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَهَاهُنَا وَلَا حَقَّ لِلْإِزَارِ فِي الْكَعْبَيْنِ»