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ahmad:24895ʿAffān > Abū ʿAwānah > Hilāl b. Abū Ḥumayd > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said during his illness from which he did not recover: "May Allah curse the Jews and Christians for taking the graves of their prophets as places of worship." He said, "I said, 'If it were not for this, his grave would have been made prominent, but I feared that it would be taken as a place of worship.'"  

أحمد:٢٤٨٩٥حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِلَالُ بْنُ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَقُمْ مِنْهُ لَعَنَ اللهُ الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى اتَّخَذُوا قُبُورَ أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ مَسَاجِدَ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَلَوْلَا ذَلِكَ أُبْرِزَ قَبْرُهُ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ خَشِيَ أَنْ يُتَّخَذَ مَسْجِدًا  


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bukhari:1330ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Shaybān > Hilāl > al-Wazzān > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

Aisha said, "The Prophet ﷺ in his fatal illness said, 'Allah cursed the Jews and the Christians because they took the graves of their Prophets as places for praying."' Aisha added, "Had it not been for that, the grave of the Prophet ﷺ would have been made prominent but I am afraid it might be taken (as a) place for praying.  

البخاري:١٣٣٠حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ شَيْبَانَ عَنْ هِلاَلٍ هُوَ الْوَزَّانُ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى اتَّخَذُوا قُبُورَ أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ مَسْجِدًا قَالَتْ وَلَوْلاَ ذَلِكَ لأَبْرَزُوا قَبْرَهُ غَيْرَ أَنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ يُتَّخَذَ مَسْجِدًا  

bukhari:1390Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Abū ʿAwānah > Hilāl > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ in his fatal illness said, "Allah cursed the Jews and the Christians, for they built the places of worship at the graves of their prophets." And if that had not been the case, then the Prophet's grave would have been made prominent before the people. So (the Prophet ﷺ ) was afraid, or the people were afraid that his grave might be taken as a place for worship.  

البخاري:١٣٩٠حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ هِلاَلٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَقُمْ مِنْهُ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى اتَّخَذُوا قُبُورَ أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ مَسَاجِدَ لَوْلاَ ذَلِكَ أُبْرِزَ قَبْرُهُ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ خَشِيَ أَوْ خُشِيَ أَنَّ يُتَّخَذَ مَسْجِدًا وَعَنْ هِلاَلٍ قَالَ كَنَّانِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ لِي  

bukhari:4441al-Ṣalt b. Muḥammad > Abū ʿAwānah > Hilāl al-Wazzān > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

ʿAisha said, "The Prophet ﷺ said during his fatal illness, "Allah cursed the Jews for they took the graves of their prophets as places for worship." ʿAisha added, "Had it not been for that (statement of the Prophet ) his grave would have been made conspicuous. But he was afraid that it might be taken as a place for worship."  

البخاري:٤٤٤١حَدَّثَنَا الصَّلْتُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ هِلاَلٍ الْوَزَّانِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَقُمْ مِنْهُ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الْيَهُودَ اتَّخَذُوا قُبُورَ أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ مَسَاجِدَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ لَوْلاَ ذَلِكَ لأُبْرِزَ قَبْرُهُ خَشِيَ أَنْ يُتَّخَذَ مَسْجِدًا  

muslim:529Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʿAmrw al-Nāqid > Hāshim b. al-Qāsim > Shaybān > Hilāl b. Abū Ḥumayd > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said during his illness from which he never recovered: Allah cursed the Jews and the Christians that they took the graves of their prophets as mosques. She ('A'isha) reported: Had it not been so, his (Prophet's) grave would have been in an open place, but it could not be due to the fear that it may not be taken as a mosque.  

مسلم:٥٢٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَقُمْ مِنْهُ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى اتَّخَذُوا قُبُورَ أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ مَسَاجِدَ قَالَتْ فَلَوْلاَ ذَاكَ أُبْرِزَ قَبْرُهُ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ خُشِيَ أَنْ يُتَّخَذَ مَسْجِدًا وَفِي رِوَايَةِ ابْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَلَوْلاَ ذَاكَ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ قَالَتْ  

ahmad:24513Hāshim > Abū Muʿāwiyah / Shaybān > Hilāl b. Abū Ḥumayd al-Anṣārī > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said in his illness, in which he did not get up from it, "May Allah curse the Jews and the Christians, for they have taken the graves of their prophets as places of worship." She (Aisha) said, "If it had not been for that, his grave would have been visible, but he feared that it would be taken as a place of worship."  

أحمد:٢٤٥١٣حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ يَعْنِي شَيْبَانَ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَقُمْ مِنْهُ لَعَنَ اللهُ الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى فَإِنَّهُمْ اتَّخَذُوا قُبُورَ أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ مَسَاجِدَ قَالَتْ وَلَوْلَا ذَلِكَ أُبْرِزَ قَبْرُهُ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ خَشِيَ أَنْ يُتَّخَذَ مَسْجِدًا  

ahmad:26178ʿĀrim b. al-Faḍl > Abū ʿAwānah > Hilāl b. Abū Ḥumayd > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said during his illness, in which he did not get up from it, "May Allah curse the Jews and the Christians, for they have taken the graves of their prophets as places of worship." He said, and Aisha said, "If it were not for that, his grave would have been more prominent, but he feared that it would be taken as a place of worship."  

أحمد:٢٦١٧٨حَدَّثَنَا عَارِمُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَقُمْ مِنْهُ لَعَنَ اللهُ الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى فَإِنَّهُمُ اتَّخَذُوا قُبُورَ أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ مَسَاجِدَ قَالَ وَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ لَوْلَا ذَلِكَ أَبْرَزَ قَبْرَهُ وَلَكِنَّهُ خَشِيَ أَنْ يُتَّخَذَ مَسْجِدًا