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ahmad:2538 – Bahz > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Zayd b. Aslam > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. And ʿLah > Saʾalt Ibn ʿAbbās > Innā Naghzū Hadhā al-Maghrib Waʾakthar Asqiyatihim Julūd al-Maytah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Its tanner is its purifier."  

أحمد:٢٥٣٨ – حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ وَعْلَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ قُلْتُ إِنَّا نَغْزُو هَذَا الْمَغْرِبَ وَأَكْثَرُ أَسْقِيَتِهِمْ جُلُودُ الْمَيْتَةِ؟ قَالَ فَقَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ دِبَاغُهَا طُهُورُهَا  

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muslim:366a – Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > Zayd b. Aslam > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. And ʿLah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: When the skin is tanned it becomes purified.  

مسلم:٣٦٦a – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ وَعْلَةَ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا دُبِغَ الإِهَابُ فَقَدْ طَهُرَ  

muslim:366d – Isḥāq b. Manṣūr And ʾAbū Bakr b. Isḥāq > ʿAmr b. al-Rabīʿ > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb > Jaʿfar b. Rabīʿah > Abū al-Khayr > Ibn Waʿlah al-Sabaʾī > Saʾalt ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās > Innā Nakūn Bi-al-Maghrib Fayaʾtīnā al-Majūs Bi-al-Asqiyah Fīhā al-Māʾ Wa-al-Wadak > Āshrab > Araʾ Tarāh > Ibn ʿAbbās

I asked 'Abdullah b. 'Abbas saying: We are the inhabitants of the western regions. The Magians come to us with skins full of water and fat. He said: Drink. I said to him: Is it your own opinion? Ibn Abbas said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Tanning purifies it (the skin).  

مسلم:٣٦٦d – وَحَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ وَعْلَةَ السَّبَئِيُّ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ قُلْتُ إِنَّا نَكُونُ بِالْمَغْرِبِ فَيَأْتِينَا الْمَجُوسُ بِالأَسْقِيَةِ فِيهَا الْمَاءُ وَالْوَدَكُ فَقَالَ اشْرَبْ فَقُلْتُ أَرَأْىٌ تَرَاهُ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ دِبَاغُهُ طَهُورُهُ  

abudawud:4123 – Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > Zayd b. Aslam > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. And ʿLah > Ibn ʿAbbās

That he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: When a skin is tanned, it is pure.  

أبو داود:٤١٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ وَعْلَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا دُبِغَ الإِهَابُ فَقَدْ طَهُرَ  

ibnmajah:3609 – Abū Bakr > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Zayd b. Aslam > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. And ʿLah > Ibn ʿAbbās

“I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘Any skin that has been tanned has been purified.’”  

ابن ماجة:٣٦٠٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ وَعْلَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَيُّمَا إِهَابٍ دُبِغَ فَقَدْ طَهُرَ  

ahmad:1895 – Sufyān > Zayd b. Aslam > Ibn And ʿLah > Ibn ʿAbbās

“I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘Any skin that has been tanned has been purified.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3609)   

أحمد:١٨٩٥ – حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنِ ابْنِ وَعْلَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَيُّمَا إِهَابٍ دُبِغَ فَقَدْ طَهُرَ  

ahmad:3198 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Zayd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. And ʿLah > Ibn ʿAbbās

“I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘Any skin that has been tanned has been purified.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3609)  

أحمد:٣١٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ وَعْلَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَيُّمَا إِهَابٍ دُبِغَ فَقَدْ طَهُرَ  

ahmad:19091 – Yaʿqūb from my father > Ibn Isḥāq > ʿAbdullāh / Ibn al-Mubārak > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Qays b. Abū Ḥāzim > al-Ṣunābiḥī

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say. . . He then mentioned the tradition to the same effect. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4492)   

أحمد:١٩٠٩١ – حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ وَثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ الصُّنَابِحِيّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فَذَكَرَهُ  

darimi:2613 – Aḥmad b. Khālid > Muḥammad > Ibn Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Yazīd > al-Qaʿqāʿ b. Ḥakīm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. And ʿLah > Saʾalt Ibn ʿAbbās > Julūd al-Maytah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Its tanning makes it pure."  

الدارمي:٢٦١٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ هُوَ ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي يَزِيدَ عَنْ الْقَعْقَاعِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ وَعْلَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ جُلُودِ الْمَيْتَةِ؟ فَقَالَ

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