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ahmad:6406Sulaymān b. Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Abū Yaʿqūb > Ibn Abū Nuʿm > Shahidt Ibn ʿUmar And Saʾalah a man from Ahl al-ʿIrāq > Muḥrim Qatal Dhubāb > Yā Ahl al-ʿIrāq Tasʾalūnī

[Machine] Regarding a person who killed a fly, while you have killed the son of the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has said, "They are my two sweet-smelling plants from this world."  

أحمد:٦٤٠٦حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي نُعْمٍ يَقُولُ شَهِدْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ وَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ عَنْ مُحْرِمٍ قَتَلَ ذُبَابًا فَقَالَ يَا أَهْلَ الْعِرَاقِ تَسْأَلُونِي

عَنْ مُحْرِمٍ قَتَلَ ذُبَابًا وَقَدْ قَتَلْتُمُ ابْنَ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ وَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هُمَا رَيْحَانَتَيَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
bukhari:3753Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Abū Yaʿqūb > Ibn Abū Nuʿm > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar And Saʾalah > al-Muḥrim > Shuʿbah Aḥsibuh Yaqtul al-Dhubāb > Ahl al-ʿIrāq Yasʾalūn

A person asked ʿAbdullah bin ʿUmar whether a Muslim could kill flies. I heard him saying (in reply). "The people of Iraq are asking about the killing of flies while they themselves murdered the son of the daughter of Messenger of Allah ﷺ . The Prophet ﷺ said, They (i.e. Hasan and Husain) are my two sweet basils in this world."  

البخاري:٣٧٥٣حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي نُعْمٍ

سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ وَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْمُحْرِمِ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ أَحْسِبُهُ يَقْتُلُ الذُّبَابَ فَقَالَ أَهْلُ الْعِرَاقِ يَسْأَلُونَ عَنِ الذُّبَابِ وَقَدْ قَتَلُوا ابْنَ ابْنَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هُمَا رَيْحَانَتَاىَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا  

ahmad:5568Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Abū Yaʿqūb > Ibn Abū Nuʿm > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb And Saʾalah a man > Shayʾ > Shuʿbah Waʾaḥsibuh Saʾalah > al-Muḥrim Yaqtul al-Dhubāb > ʿAbdullāh Ahl al-ʿIrāq Yasʾalūn

A person asked ʿAbdullah bin ʿUmar whether a Muslim could kill flies. I heard him saying (in reply). "The people of Iraq are asking about the killing of flies while they themselves murdered the son of the daughter of Messenger of Allah ﷺ . The Prophet ﷺ said, They (i.e. Hasan and Husain) are my two sweet basils in this world." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3753)  

أحمد:٥٥٦٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي نُعْمٍ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ وَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ عَنْ شَيْءٍ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ وَأَحْسِبُهُ سَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْمُحْرِمِ يَقْتُلُ الذُّبَابَ؟ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ أَهْلُ الْعِرَاقِ يَسْأَلُونَ

عَنِ الذُّبَابِ وَقَدْ قَتَلُوا ابْنَ بِنْتِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هُمَا رَيْحَانَتِي مِنَ الدُّنْيَا  

ذِكْرُ قَوْلِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ لِلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ إِنَّهُ رَيْحَانَتُهُ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا

ibnhibban:6969Abū ʿArūbah Biḥarrān > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Abū Yaʿqūb > Ibn Abū Nuʿm > Ibn ʿUmar And Saʾalah a man > Shayʾ > Shuʿbah Saʾalah > al-Muḥrim Yaqtul al-Dhubāb > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar Yasʾalūnī

A person asked ʿAbdullah bin ʿUmar whether a Muslim could kill flies. I heard him saying (in reply). "The people of Iraq are asking about the killing of flies while they themselves murdered the son of the daughter of Messenger of Allah ﷺ . The Prophet ﷺ said, They (i.e. Hasan and Husain) are my two sweet basils in this world." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3753)  

ابن حبّان:٦٩٦٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَرُوبَةَ بِحَرَّانَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي نُعْمٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ وَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ عَنْ شَيْءٍ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ سَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْمُحْرِمِ يَقْتُلُ الذُّبَابَ؟ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ يَسْأَلُونِي

عَنْ قَتْلِ الذُّبَابِ وَقَدْ قَتَلُوا ابْنَ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «هُمَا رَيْحَانَتِي مِنَ الدُّنْيَا»