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ahmad:23610Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Hishām > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > Muʿayqīb

[Machine] It was said to the Prophet ﷺ , "Wiping the mosque meaning the pebbles." He said, "If you must do it, do it only once."  

أحمد:٢٣٦١٠حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنِي مُعَيْقِيبٌ قَالَ

قِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْمَسْحُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ يَعْنِي الْحَصَى فَقَالَ إِنْ كُنْتَ لَا بُدَّ فَاعِلًا فَوَاحِدَةً  


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Collected by Muslim, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Dārimī
muslim:546aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Hishām al-Dastawāʾī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > Muʿayqīb

It you must do so, do it only once.  

مسلم:٥٤٦aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتَوَائِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُعَيْقِيبٍ قَالَ

ذَكَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَسْحَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ يَعْنِي الْحَصَى قَالَ إِنْ كُنْتَ لاَ بُدَّ فَاعِلاً فَوَاحِدَةً  

tirmidhi:380al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Muʿayqīb

"I asked Messenger of Allah (S) about smoothening the pebbles during Salat. He said: 'If you must do so, then let it be only once.'"  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٣٨٠حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مُعَيْقِيبٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ مَسْحِ الْحَصَى فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ إِنْ كُنْتَ لاَ بُدَّ فَاعِلاً فَمَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:15509Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Hishām > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > Muʿayqīb

[Machine] It was said to the Prophet ﷺ, "Does wiping in the mosque refer to wiping over pebbles?" He replied, "If you absolutely must, then only once."  

أحمد:١٥٥٠٩حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُعَيْقِيبٌ قَالَ

قِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْمَسْحُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ يَعْنِي الْحَصَى؟ قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنْ كُنْتَ لَا بُدَّ فَاعِلًا فَوَاحِدَةً  

ahmad:23609Wakīʿ > al-Dastuwāʾī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamh > Muʿayqīb

[Machine] The Prophet mentioned wiping in the mosque, meaning wiping over pebbles, and he said: "If you must do it, then only once."  

أحمد:٢٣٦٠٩حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمْةَ عَنْ مُعَيْقِيبٍ قَالَ

ذَكَرَ لِلنَّبِيِّ الْمَسْحَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ يَعْنِي الْحَصَى فَقَالَ إِنْ كُنْتَ لَا بُدَّ فَاعِلًا فَوَاحِدَةً  

darimi:1427And Hb b. Jarīr > Hishām > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > Muʿayqīb

[Machine] It was said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about wiping in the mosque, he said, "If you must do it, then do it only once." Hisham said, "I think he meant wiping over the footwear."  

الدارمي:١٤٢٧حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنِي مُعَيْقِيبٌ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قِيلَ لَهُ فِي الْمَسْحِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ قَالَ «إِنْ كُنْتَ لَا بُدَّ فَاعِلًا فَوَاحِدَةً» قَالَ هِشَامٌ أُرَاهُ قَالَ يَعْنِي مَسْحَ الْحَصَا