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ahmad:3676 – Muḥammad b. al-Sammāk > Yazīd b. Abū Ziyād > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not buy fish in the water, as it is deceptive."

أحمد:٣٦٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ السَّمَّاكِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَشْتَرُوا السَّمَكَ فِي الْمَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ غَرَرٌ

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tabarani:9607 – Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > Yazīd b. Abū Ziyād > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ

[Machine] Abdullah said, "Do not buy fish in the water, for it is deception."

الطبراني:٩٦٠٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللهِ «لَا تَشْتَرُوا السَّمَكَ فِي الْمَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ غَرَرٌ»

suyuti:24950a –
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السيوطي:٢٤٩٥٠a –

"لَا تَشْتَروا السَّمك في الماءِ؛ فَإِنَّه غَررٌ".

[حم] أحمد [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [حل] أبى نعيم في الحلية [ق] البيهقى في السنن والخطيب عَن ابن مسعود، وصحح الخطيب وقفه