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ahmad:25024ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > Abū Bakr b. Ḥafṣ > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah Mā > Ūn Yaqṭaʿ al-Ṣalāh > Ūn Yaqṭaʿ al-Ṣalāh al-Marʾah And al-Kalb Wa-al-Ḥimār

[Machine] They say that prayer is nullified by a woman, a dog, and a donkey. She said, "Indeed, I saw myself interrupting in front of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, just like interrupting a funeral."  

أحمد:٢٥٠٢٤حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ حَفْصٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ مَا يَقُولُونَ يَقْطَعُ الصَّلَاةَ؟ قَالَ

يَقُولُونَ يَقْطَعُ الصَّلَاةَ الْمَرْأَةُ وَالْكَلْبُ وَالْحِمَارُ قَالَتْ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي مُعْتَرِضَةً بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَاعْتِرَاضِ الْجِنَازَةِ  


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muslim:512cʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Bakr b. Ḥafṣ > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah Mā Yaqṭaʿ al-Ṣalāh > Faqulnā al-Marʾah And al-Ḥimār

'A'isha asked: What disrupts the prayer? We said: The woman and the ass. Upon this she remarked: Is the woman an ugly animal? I lay in front of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ like the bier of a corpse and he said prayer.  

مسلم:٥١٢cوَحَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ حَفْصٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ مَا يَقْطَعُ الصَّلاَةَ قَالَ فَقُلْنَا الْمَرْأَةُ وَالْحِمَارُ فَقَالَتْ

إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ لَدَابَّةُ سَوْءٍ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُعْتَرِضَةً كَاعْتِرَاضِ الْجِنَازَةِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي  

ahmad:16797Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar And ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Saʿīd > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > ʿAbdullāh b. Mughaffal

“The prayer is severed by a woman, a dog and a donkey.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 950)   

أحمد:١٦٧٩٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَعَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَقْطَعُ الصَّلَاةَ الْمَرْأَةُ وَالْكَلْبُ وَالْحِمَارُ  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ أَوْهَمَ مَنْ لَمْ يُحْكِمْ صِنَاعَةَ الْحَدِيثِ أَنَّهُ مُضَادٌّ لِلْأَخْبَارِ الَّتِي تَقَدَّمَ ذِكْرُنَا لَهَا

ibnhibban:2390al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb > Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Shuʿbah > Abū Bakr b. Ḥafṣ > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

[Machine] Aisha said, "I saw myself in front of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ holding a funeral prayer like that of a dead body while he was praying."  

ابن حبّان:٢٣٩٠أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ حَفْصٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ يَقُولُ قَالَتْ

عَائِشَةُ «لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُعْتَرِضَةً كَاعْتِرَاضِ الْجَنَازَةِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي»  

tabarani:3161ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal And Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr al-Muqaddamī > ʿAmr b. Rudayḥ > Ḥawshab > al-Ḥasan > al-Ḥakam b. ʿAmr al-Ghifārī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The prayer is annulled by a dog, a donkey, and a woman."  

الطبراني:٣١٦١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ قَالَا ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ رُدَيْحٍ ثنا حَوْشَبٌ عَنِ الْحَسَنَ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الْغِفَارِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَقْطَعُ الصَّلَاةَ الْكَلْبُ وَالْحِمَارُ وَالْمَرْأَةُ»