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ahmad:27590 – Abū al-Mughīrah And ʿAlī b. ʿAyyāsh > Muḥammad b. Muhājir from my father > Asmāʾ b. Yazīd b. Sakan al-Anṣārī

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , saying, "Do not kill your children in secret, for ignorance can overtake the intelligent one and cause him to stumble from above his horse." Ali narrated that Asma bint Yazid Al-Ansariyah said, "The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said something similar."  

أحمد:٢٧٥٩٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُهَاجِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ سَكَنٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ سِرًّا فَإِنَّ الْغَيْلَ يُدْرِكُ الْفَارِسَ فَيُدَعْثِرُهُ مِنْ فَوْقِ فَرَسِهِ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ أَسْمَاءُ بِنْتُ يَزِيدَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّةُ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ  

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī
abudawud:3881 – al-Rabīʿ b. Nāfiʿ Abū Tawbah > Muḥammad b. Muhājir from his father > Asmāʾ b. Yazīd b. al-Sakan

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Do not kill your children secretly, for the milk, with which a child is suckled while his mother is pregnant, overtakes the horseman and throws him from his horse.  

أبو داود:٣٨٨١ – حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ أَبُو تَوْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُهَاجِرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ السَّكَنِ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلاَدَكُمْ سِرًّا فَإِنَّ الْغَيْلَ يُدْرِكُ الْفَارِسَ فَيُدَعْثِرُهُ عَنْ فَرَسِهِ  

ahmad:27562 – al-Faḍl b. Dukayn > Ibn Abū Ghaniyyah > Muḥammad b. Muhājir from his father > Asmāʾ b. Yazīd

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Do not kill your children secretly, for the milk, with which a child is suckled while his mother is pregnant, overtakes the horseman and throws him from his horse. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3881)  

أحمد:٢٧٥٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ دُكَيْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي غَنِيَّةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُهَاجِرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ يَزِيدَ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ سِرًّا فَإِنَّ قَتْلَ الْغَيْلِ يُدْرِكُ الْفَارِسَ فَيُدَعْثِرُهُ عَنْ ظَهْرِ فَرَسِهِ  

ahmad:27585 – Ḥammād b. Khālid > Muʿāwiyah Yaʿniá Ibn Ṣāliḥ > al-Muhājir a freed slave of Asmāʾ b. Yazīd al-Anṣāriyyah > Asmāʾ b. Yazīd

[Machine] Regarding Muhajir servant Asma bint Yazid al-Ansariyah, she said: I heard Asma bint Yazid say, "I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, 'Do not kill your children secretly, for I swear by Him in whose hands my soul is, that he will catch up to a horseman and trip him over.' I asked, 'What does this mean?' He said, 'It refers to when a man approaches his wife while she is breastfeeding.'"  

أحمد:٢٧٥٨٥ – حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ يَعْنِى ابْنَ صَالِحٍ

عَنِ الْمُهَاجِرِ مَوْلَى أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ يَزِيدَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّةِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتَ يَزِيدَ تَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ سِرًّا فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّهُ لَيُدْرِكُ الْفَارِسَ فَيُدَعْثِرُهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا تَعْنِي؟ قَالَ الْغِيلَةُ يَأْتِي الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ تُرْضِعُ  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ قَتْلِ الْمَرْءِ وَلَدَهُ سِرًّا

ibnhibban:5984 – Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Abū Khaythamah > al-Faḍl b. Dukayn > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Ḥumayd b. Abū Ghaniyyah > Muḥammad b. al-Muhājir from his father > Asmāʾ b. Yazīd b. al-Sakan

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Do not kill your children secretly, for the milk, with which a child is suckled while his mother is pregnant, overtakes the horseman and throws him from his horse. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3881)  

ابن حبّان:٥٩٨٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ دُكَيْنٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي غَنِيَّةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُهَاجِرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ السَّكَنِ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ سِرًّا فَإِنَّ قَتْلَ الْغَيْلِ يُدْرِكُ الْفَارِسَ فَيُدَعْثِرُهُ عَنْ فَرَسِهِ»  

tabarani:20929 – Fuḍayl b. Muḥammad al-Malṭī > Abū Nuʿaym > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū Ghaniyyah > Muḥammad b. Muhājir al-Anṣārī from his father > Asmāʾ b. Yazīd al-Anṣāriyyah

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Do not kill your children secretly, for the milk, with which a child is suckled while his mother is pregnant, overtakes the horseman and throws him from his horse. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3881)  

الطبراني:٢٠٩٢٩ – حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَلْطِيُّ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ أَبِي غَنِيَّةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُهَاجِرٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ يَزِيدَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّةِ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ سِرًّا فَإِنَّ الْغَالَّ يُدْرِكُ الْفَارِسَ فَيُدَعْثِرُهُ مِنْ ظَهْرِ فَرَسِهِ»  

bayhaqi:15683 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > Abū Tawbah > Muḥammad b. Muhājir from his father > Asmāʾ b. Yazīd b. al-Sakan

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Do not kill your children secretly, for the milk, with which a child is suckled while his mother is pregnant, overtakes the horseman and throws him from his horse. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3881)   

البيهقي:١٥٦٨٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ نا أَبُو دَاوُدَ نا أَبُو تَوْبَةَ نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُهَاجِرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ السَّكَنِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ سِرًّا فَإِنَّ الْغَيْلَ يُدْرِكُ الْفَارِسَ فَيُدَعْثِرُهُ عَنْ فَرَسِهِ