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ahmad:3455ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimahaʿan Ibn ʿAbbās

When the Prophet ﷺ saw pictures in the Kaʿba, he did not enter it till he ordered them to be erased. When he saw (the pictures of Abraham and Ishmael carrying the arrows of divination, he said, "May Allah curse them (i.e. the Quraish)! By Allah, neither Abraham nor Ishmael practiced divination by arrows." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3352)  

أحمد:٣٤٥٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا رَأَى الصُّوَرَ فِي الْبَيْتِ يَعْنِي الْكَعْبَةَ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ وَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَمُحِيَتْ وَرَأَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ بِأَيْدِيهِمَا الْأَزْلَامُ فَقَالَ قَاتَلَهُمُ اللهُ وَاللهِ مَا اسْتَقْسَمَا بِالْأَزْلَامِ قَطُّ  


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bukhari:3352Ibrāhīm b. Mūsá > Hishām > Maʿmar > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

When the Prophet ﷺ saw pictures in the Kaʿba, he did not enter it till he ordered them to be erased. When he saw (the pictures of Abraham and Ishmael carrying the arrows of divination, he said, "May Allah curse them (i.e. the Quraish)! By Allah, neither Abraham nor Ishmael practiced divination by arrows."  

البخاري:٣٣٥٢حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا رَأَى الصُّوَرَ فِي الْبَيْتِ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ حَتَّى أَمَرَ بِهَا فَمُحِيَتْ وَرَأَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ بِأَيْدِيهِمَا الأَزْلاَمُ فَقَالَ قَاتَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهِ إِنِ اسْتَقْسَمَا بِالأَزْلاَمِ قَطُّ  

hakim:4019Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Bālawayh > Aḥmad b. Busr al-Marthadī > Yaḥyá b. Maʿīn > Hishām b. Yūsuf > Maʿmar > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

When the Prophet ﷺ saw pictures in the Kaʿba, he did not enter it till he ordered them to be erased. When he saw (the pictures of Abraham and Ishmael carrying the arrows of divination, he said, "May Allah curse them (i.e. the Quraish)! By Allah, neither Abraham nor Ishmael practiced divination by arrows." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3352)  

الحاكم:٤٠١٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بَالَوَيْهِ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ بُسْرٍ الْمَرْثَدِي ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا رَأَى الصُّوَرَ فِي الْبَيْتِ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ حَتَّى أَمَرَ بِهَا فَمُحِيَتْ وَرَأَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ بِأَيْدِيهِمَا الْأَزْلَامَ فَقَالَ «قَاتَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهِ إِنِ اسْتَقْسَمَا بِالْأَزْلَامِ قَطُّ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الْبُخَارِيِّ على شرط البخاري

ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ لَا يَدْخُلَ بَيْتًا فِيهِ صُورَةٌ، وَإِنْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ الْبَيْتُ مِمَّا يُتَقَرَّبُ بِهِ إِلَى اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا

ibnhibban:5861Abū Khalīfah > ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "The Prophet, Peace Be Upon Him, when he saw the idols in the house, meaning the Kaaba, he did not enter and ordered them to be removed. He also saw Ibrahim and Ismail holding idols in their hands, so he said, 'May Allah curse them! By Allah, they never swore by the idols.'"  

ابن حبّان:٥٨٦١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا رَأَى الصُّوَرَ فِي الْبَيْتِ يَعْنِي الْكَعْبَةَ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ وَأَمَرَ بِهَا فمُحِيَتْ وَرَأَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ بِأَيْدِيهِمَا الْأَزْلَامُ فَقَالَ «قَاتَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهِ مَا اسْتَقْسَمَا بِالْأَزْلَامِ قَطُّ»  

tabarani:11845Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

When the Prophet ﷺ saw pictures in the Kaʿba, he did not enter it till he ordered them to be erased. When he saw (the pictures of Abraham and Ishmael carrying the arrows of divination, he said, "May Allah curse them (i.e. the Quraish)! By Allah, neither Abraham nor Ishmael practiced divination by arrows." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3352)  

الطبراني:١١٨٤٥حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ أَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا رَأَى الصُّوَرَ فِي الْبَيْتِ يَعْنِي الْكَعْبَةَ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ حَتَّى أَمَرَ بِهَا فَمُحِيَتْ وَرَأَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ بِأَيْدِيهِمَا الْأَزْلَامُ فَقَالَ «قَاتَلَهُمُ اللهُ وَاللهِ مَا اسْتَقْسَمَا بِالْأَزْلَامِ قَطُّ»