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ahmad:26394 – Ḥasan > Shaybān > Layth > Mujāhid > al-Aswad b. Yazīd > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] She said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The black dog is a devilacious creature.'"  

أحمد:٢٦٣٩٤ – حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ شَيْبَانَ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ الْكَلْبَ الْأَسْوَدَ الْبَهِيمَ شَيْطَانٌ  

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ibnmajah:3210 – ʿAmr b. ʿAbdullāh > Wakīʿ > Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣāmit > Abū Dhar

“I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the all-black dog and he said: ‘(It is) a devil.’”  

ابن ماجة:٣٢١٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلاَلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْكَلْبِ الأَسْوَدِ الْبَهِيمِ فَقَالَ شَيْطَانٌ  

ahmad:21402 – Wakīʿ > Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣāmit > Abū Dhar

“I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the all-black dog and he said: ‘(It is) a devil.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3210)  

أحمد:٢١٤٠٢ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْكَلْبِ الْأَسْوَدِ الْبَهِيمِ فَقَالَ شَيْطَانٌ  

ahmad:25243 – Abū al-Naḍr > Abū Muʿāwiyah / Shaybān > Layth > Mujāhid > al-Aswadiʿan ʿĀʾishah

“I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the all-black dog and he said: ‘(It is) a devil.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3210)   

أحمد:٢٥٢٤٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ يَعْنِي شَيْبَانَ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِعَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْكَلْبُ الْأَسْوَدُ الْبَهِيمُ شَيْطَانٌ