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ahmad:4435Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Abū ʿUbaydahaʿan ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ emerged and I was with him. He said to me, "Seek out three stones for me." He said, "I found two stones and a piece of dung." He said, "I brought them to him, so he took the two stones and discarded the dung, saying, 'This is filth.'  

أحمد:٤٤٣٥حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

بَرَزَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ فَقَالَ لِي الْتَمِسْ لِي ثَلَاثَةَ أَحْجَارٍ قَالَ فَوَجَدْتُ لَهُ حَجَرَيْنِ وَرَوْثَةً قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهَا فَأَخَذَ الْحَجَرَيْنِ وَأَلْقَى الرَّوْثَةَ وَقَالَ هَذِهِ رِكْسٌ  


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Collected by Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
tirmidhi:17Hannād And Qutaybah > Wakīʿ > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Abū ʿUbaydah > ʿAbdullāh

"Messenger of Allah went out to relieve himself. So he said: 'Bring me tree stones.'" He said, "So I came with two stones and a piece of dung. So he took the two stones, and left the dung. He said: 'It is Riks (a degenerative or filthy thing)."  

الترمذي:١٧حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ وَقُتَيْبَةُ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِحَاجَتِهِ فَقَالَ الْتَمِسْ لِي ثَلاَثَةَ أَحْجَارٍ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِحَجَرَيْنِ وَرَوْثَةٍ فَأَخَذَ الْحَجَرَيْنِ وَأَلْقَى الرَّوْثَةَ وَقَالَ إِنَّهَا رِكْسٌ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَهَكَذَا رَوَى قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَرَوَى مَعْمَرٌ وَعَمَّارُ بْنُ رُزَيْقٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَرَوَى زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ الأَسْوَدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَرَوَى زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ فِيهِ اضْطِرَابٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ هَلْ تَذْكُرُ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا قَالَ لاَ
ibnmajah:314Abū Bakr b. Khalāad al-Bāhilī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Qaṭṭān > Zuhayr > Abū Isḥāq > Lays Abū ʿUbaydah Dhakarah And Lakin ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad > al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

"The Messenger of Allah went to the toilet and said: 'Bring me three stones.' So I brought him two stones and a piece of dung. He took the two stones and threw the dung away, saying: 'It is impure.'"  

ابن ماجة:٣١٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلاَّدٍ الْبَاهِلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ عَنْ زُهَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ لَيْسَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ ذَكَرَهُ وَلَكِنْ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الأَسْوَدِ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَتَى الْخَلاَءَ فَقَالَ ائْتِنِي بِثَلاَثَةِ أَحْجَارٍ فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِحَجَرَيْنِ وَرَوْثَةٍ فَأَخَذَ الْحَجَرَيْنِ وَأَلْقَى الرَّوْثَةَ وَقَالَ هِيَ رِجْسٌ  

ahmad:3685Wakīʿ > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Abū ʿUbaydah > ʿAbdullāh

"Messenger of Allah went out to relieve himself. So he said: 'Bring me tree stones.'" He said, "So I came with two stones and a piece of dung. So he took the two stones, and left the dung. He said: 'It is Riks (a degenerative or filthy thing)." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 17)  

أحمد:٣٦٨٥حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَهَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِحَاجَتِهِ فَقَالَ لِي الْتَمِسْ لِي ثَلَاثَةَ أَحْجَارٍ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِحَجَرَيْنِ وَرَوْثَةٍ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ الْحَجَرَيْنِ وَأَلْقَى الرَّوْثَةَ وَقَالَ إِنَّهَا رِكْسٌ  

ahmad:4056Sulaymān b. Dāwud > Zuhayr > Abū Isḥāq > Lays Abū ʿUbaydah Dhakarah And Lakin ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad from his father > ʿAbdullāh

"The Messenger of Allah went to the toilet and said: 'Bring me three stones.' So I brought him two stones and a piece of dung. He took the two stones and threw the dung away, saying: 'It is impure.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 314)   

أحمد:٤٠٥٦حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ لَيْسَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ ذَكَرَهُ وَلَكِنْ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَتَى الْخَلَاءَ وَقَالَ ائْتِنِي بِثَلَاثَةِ أَحْجَارٍ فَالْتَمَسْتُ فَوَجَدْتُ حَجَرَيْنِ وَلَمْ أَجِدِ الثَّالِثَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِحَجَرَيْنِ وَرَوْثَةٍ فَأَخَذَ الْحَجَرَيْنِ وَأَلْقَى الرَّوْثَةَ وَقَالَ إِنَّهَا رِكْسٌ  

tabarani:9952ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar al-Ḍabbī > ʿAbdullāh b. Rajāʾ > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Abū ʿUbaydah from his father

[Machine] I was with the Prophet ﷺ on the Night of the Jinn and he said to me, "Find three stones for me." So, I found two stones and a piece of dung for him. He took the two stones and cast away the dung, saying, "This is filth."  

الطبراني:٩٩٥٢حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الضَّبِّيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ ثنا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ الْجِنِّ فَقَالَ لِي «الْتَمِسْ لِي ثَلَاثَةَ أَحْجَارٍ» فَوَجَدْتُ لَهُ حَجَرَيْنِ وَرَوْثَةً فَأَخَذَ الْحَجَرَيْنِ وَأَلْقَى الرَّوْثَةَ وَقَالَ «هَذَا رِكْسٌ»  

nasai-kubra:43Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Abū Nuʿaym > Zuhayr > Abū Isḥāq > Lays Abū ʿUbaydah Dhakarah And Lakin ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad from his father > ʿAbdullāh

"The Prophet ﷺ wanted to defecate, and he told me to bring him three stones. I found two stones and looked for a third, but I could not find any, so I picked up a piece of dung and brought them to the Prophet ﷺ. He took the two stones and three away the dung and said: "This is Riks." Abu 'Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasai') said: Riks is the food of the jinn. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 42)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ عَنْ زُهَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ لَيْسَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ ذَكَرَهُ وَلَكِنْ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللهِ يَقُولُ أَتَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْغَائِطَ وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ آتِيَهُ بِثَلَاثَةِ أَحْجَارٍ فَوَجَدْتُ الْحَجَرَيْنِ وَالْتَمَسْتُ الثَّالِثَ فَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ فَأَخَذْتُ رَوْثَةً فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَخَذَ الْحَجَرَيْنِ وَأَلْقَى الرَّوْثَةَ وَقَالَ «هَذِهِ رِكْسٌ»