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ahmad:27178Isḥāq / Ibn al-Ṭabāʿ > Ibn Lahīʿah > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > al-Zuhrī > Ibn Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to only travel on Thursdays.  

أحمد:٢٧١٧٨حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الطَّبَاعِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُسَافِرَ لَا يُسَافِرُ إِلَّا يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ  


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ahmad:15781ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb b. Mālik > Kaʿb b. Mālik

It was rarely that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out on a journey on any day but on a Thursday. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2605)   

أحمد:١٥٧٨١حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

أَقَلُّ مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْرُجُ إِذَا أَرَادَ سَفَرًا إِلَّا يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ  

darimi:2480ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb from his father

It was rarely that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out on a journey on any day but on a Thursday. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2605)   

الدارمي:٢٤٨٠حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ أَنْبَأَنَا يُونُسُ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«لَقَلَّمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَخْرُجُ إِذَا أَرَادَ سَفَرًا إِلَّا يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ»